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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Smythe want to be able to do with "Pussy"?
(a) Shake its tentacle like a hand.
(b) Be able to call it out of its hiding place.
(c) Watch it hunt.
(d) Feed it from his hand.

2. What categorical drunk does Fleming group Smythe?
(a) Phlegmatic.
(b) Choleric.
(c) Sanguine.
(d) Melancholic.

3. How old is Smythe?
(a) In his forties.
(b) In his seventies.
(c) In his fifties.
(d) In his thirties.

4. What happens over time as Smythe spends his retirement in the Caribbean?
(a) Everyday, he sees the guilt in his crime with his lifestyle.
(b) He becomes happier and more at ease with the tropical weather.
(c) He becomes a drunkard who lets himself go.
(d) He forgets about his crimes and lives a life of ease working at the Institute.

5. How do scorpion fish hide?
(a) They only come out at night.
(b) They bury themselves under sand.
(c) They camouflage with coral and seaweed.
(d) They hide in coral nooks and crannies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Smythe's initial reaction when he realizes Bond's purpose of visit?

2. Why is Smythe's villa name so fitting?

3. What does Dr. Greaves ration Smythe's vices to?

4. Bond is trying to identify the Russian Control at Sotheby's. What is the most difficult part in identifying the Russian Control?

5. How does Bond like the current state of crime in London?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Freudenstein in Bond's view. Why is he biased?

2. When Bond visits Smythe, Bond does not reveal his true intentions immediately. However, Smythe's first thoughts are "They have... found out." What does he mean by "they" and what does this mean about his expectations of this visit?

3. From what little is known about Oberhauser and his interactions with Smythe, what can the reader gather about his character?

4. What significance is it to the British government to know that the KGB wants to pay Freudenstein?

5. Describe how Peter Wilson, the auctioneer helps set the tone and conduct of the auction?

6. Describe the atmosphere of Sotheby's, the night of the auction of the Emerald Sphere? What are the rooms and people like?

7. Smythe arrests Oberhauser for false reasons and kills him. For years Smythe gets away with it. What does this say about events of WWII and its scary truth?

8. Describe the Emerald Sphere and why it is so revered amongst jewelers.

9. Smythe considers court martial or committing suicide. Why is it better or worse if he decides one over the other?

10. Smythe likes to swim and feed the fishes and octopus around his villa. Describe his relationship with the sea animals by his beach.

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