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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 the out of ordinary event at Haus der Ministerien?

2. What is Bond's impression of Sender?

3. Where is Bond at the beginning of "007 in New York"?

4. What kind of weapon does the KGB have for their mission?

5. Why must Bond not reveal his true name in New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Bond's mission and why it is to be kept from U.S. knowledge.

2. Explain Bond's internal relationship with the cello player before he discovers the truth. How does this affect him?

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

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. Why does Fleming have two people involved in Bond's mission? What is Captain Sender's role?

7. How does Bond's description of the cello player foreshadow her involvement with his assignment?

8. Describe the airport at the beginning of "007 in New York" and how Bond deals with the chaos.

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

10. Bond sets up the rendezvous point at Central park Zoo at a certain house. Why does he find it appropriate to meet his assignment at this house?

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

There are many types of characters in The Living Daylights that are necessary to succeed in the mission to kill Trigger. Describe the different types of characters observed in the Secret Service and how they balance each other within the department.

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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