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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 Dr. Fanshawe's expertise in?
2. What disappoints Bond at the auction?
3. Of the following, which best describes Major Smythe?
4. What is Smythe preparing for since his arrival to the West Indies?
5. Where does Smythe live?
Short Essay Questions
1. Smythe realizes the scorpion fish pricks him. What does Smythe concern himself with in the last minutes of his life? Why?
2. Why does Bond visit Kenneth Snowman and is his visit successful?
3. How does Bond show that he loves and thrives off drama? Give examples from "The Property of a Lady".
4. From what little is known about Oberhauser and his interactions with Smythe, what can the reader gather about his character?
5. When Dr. Fanshawe, M, and Bond are talking in M's office, Dr. Fanshawe tends to look down when he speaks to Bond. However, he immediately looks up when asked about the Emerald Sphere. Why is this?
6. Freudenstein works in London with the Purple Cipher. Describe Freudenstein's role in the espionage world.
7. Why does the KGB go through troubles of sending an expensive jewelry piece with a fake provenance, rather than pay a large sum to their double agent?
8. Describe the atmosphere of Sotheby's, the night of the auction of the Emerald Sphere? What are the rooms and people like?
9. Bond constantly meets new characters for his job and must make judgments about them. What signs show Bond is good at reading people?
10. Although Bond is there to return Smythe to England, how does Bond show mercy towards the man?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Bond's character comes out here and there between the four short stories in "Octopussy and The Living Daylights." Explain his thought processes and how it matches or contrasts with his external persona. What is the same or different? What is the purpose in having a different exterior to the people he meets? What inner strengths carries through to the exterior?
Essay Topic 2
What does greed and the prospect of fame do to Smythe? How do these opportunities influence Smythe's life? What does it say about his character?
Essay Topic 3
Common government laws such as that under British, American and Russian rule do not allow murder without punishment. However, each of these governments are fully aware of assignments that include snipers and murders to occur under government departments. According to each of these governments, when is murder necessary? When is it valid?
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