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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 last hint does Snowman give Bond?

2. What is Smythe thinking when the octopus' tentacles reach out to him?

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

4. As soon as Lot 42 is done, where does Bond head to?

5. Tired of playing mind games, what does Bond offer Smythe?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Although Bond is there to return Smythe to England, how does Bond show mercy towards the man?

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

5. In what way does Smythe lead his life? Is it successful or a failure?

6. Freudenstein works in London with the Purple Cipher. Describe Freudenstein's role in the espionage world.

7. According to Fleming, describe the four types of drunk in which Smythe falls into.

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

9. What kind of relationship must Bond always have when he meets new people? Why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the relationship between the British Secret Service and the KGB. Why does the KGB send a double agent? What are the risks? What are the benefits and consequences?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Miss Freudenstein and how she becomes a double agent. What is her role and why does she do it? What possible reasons does she go against her own mother's fight?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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