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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Bond's personal connection to Smythe's crime?
2. What is the mood in the room, as Bond questions Smythe about his time in the service at the end of WWII?
3. What disappoints Bond at the auction?
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 is Freudenstein related to the art piece?
Short Essay Questions
1. Bond attempts to identify the Russian spy, even before Lot 42 is exhibited. What does he do to prepare himself and what works against him?
2. Explain persona non grata and how its declaration of Piotr Malinowksi helps the United Kingdom.
3. Describe Freudenstein in Bond's view. Why is he biased?
4. In what way does Smythe lead his life? Is it successful or a failure?
5. 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?
6. Although Bond is there to return Smythe to England, how does Bond show mercy towards the man?
7. How does Bond show that he loves and thrives off drama? Give examples from "The Property of a Lady".
8. From what little is known about Oberhauser and his interactions with Smythe, what can the reader gather about his character?
9. Smythe considers court martial or committing suicide. Why is it better or worse if he decides one over the other?
10. Smythe expresses boredom with his life in Jamaica, yet he does little to change it. What stops Smythe from doing more with his boredom?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Considering all the stories in "Octopussy and The Living Daylights," discuss why Bond may have inconsistent feelings about being a Double O agent. What causes Bond to love his job but hate it too?
Essay Topic 2
In order to work for the Secret Service, the person is ideally focused on the assignment, but everyone is human, including Bond. How does Bond show vulnerability in his character that works against him as a secret service agent?
Essay Topic 3
Smythe is given numerous options of possible ways to die, yet Fleming writes him a bizarre death. What is Fleming's purpose in having Smythe die the way he does?
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