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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 relationship with Trigger?

2. What does Bond focus on as he waits at the window?

3. What place in New York does Felix Leiter suggest to Bond?

4. What does Bond think of his new weapon?

5. What is New York preparing for during Bond's assignment in New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. Bond assumes his shot scares the living daylights out of Trigger. How is this a dangerous assumption and one that is not good for Bond?

2. How are the Americans involved in Bond's mission? What is their reaction and concern?

3. Describe Times Square in the eyes of James Bond. What does Bond like about the area?

4. What kind of man is Captain Paul Sender? What is his character type and how does this fit in his line of work?

5. What are the purposes of the women's orchestra? Why do they visit the municipal building every night the week Bond has his mission?

6. What clues are given as Bond plans out his day that foreshadows the ending of "007 in New York"?

7. How does Bond compare New York to London and Paris as he ponders his day?

8. Why does Bond prefer the auto firm that he uses in New York? What is the major benefit for his current situation in New York?

9. Bond is first suspicious of a man at the airport. What thrilling story does he propose for the nondescript man?

10. Based on Bond's daydreaming plans, use three adjectives to describe his character and why these words describe him.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Smythe is hardly a man of determination, yet he feels the need to see through with his octopus experiment before he dies. Why does he feel this need? What satisfaction does this give him in the last minutes of his death?

Essay Topic 2

"007 in New York" is mainly to contrast Fleming's harsher words about New York in another article. Research New York as it is in the sixties and write about whether Fleming is valid in his opinion.

Essay Topic 3

What internal conflicts must Bond and other Secret Service agents deal with when assignments are at odds with his/her morals? How does Bond deal with this conflicting situation in The Living Daylights?

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