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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 kind of bet is a banco?

2. What does Bond think the workers at Piz Gloria look like?

3. What kind of vehicle do the men lead Bond and Tracy to?

4. Where do Bond and the woman have to slow down?

5. Where are the two dangerous men sitting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bond choose Sir Hilary Bray as his cover?

2. How does Bond react when Draco asks him to marry his daughter?

3. What is Piz Gloria?

4. Describe the race between Bond and the woman.

5. What is different about Bond's room at Piz Gloria?

6. Why is Bond uncomfortable with pretending he is Bray?

7. What does Griffin tell Bond about his family?

8. How has Tracy come off the rails in recent times?

9. What does Bond do between breakfast and lunch in Chapter 12?

10. How does Bond successfully play baccarat?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Bond's job.

1)What sacrifices do you think Bond has to make to work in such a job?

2) What kind of character does Bond have to be to do the job?

3) How accurate do the students think Fleming's representation of Bond's job is?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1960s? How does Fleming express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

Examine violence in the novel.

1) How do the characters in the novel view violence? Are there any character that would think twice before shooting or hitting someone?

2) Do the characters need to be violent to cope in the world that Fleming portrays?

3) How do the students think the public reacted to the novel's violence when it was first published? How would the public react to such a book today?

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