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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 does Tracy do when Bond tries to make arrangements for the day with her?

2. What is the name of the bet the countess makes?

3. What has Bond just handed into the Secret Services?

4. What is the name of Bond's superior?

5. What is the Bond family motto?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bond lose his winnings?

2. What is Bond's plan for his vacation?

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

4. What is the College of Arms?

5. How is Blofeld different from the last time Bond saw a picture of him?

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

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

8. How does Bond deal with the man who asks if he is Sir Hilary Bray?

9. Describe the race between Bond and the woman.

10. What awakens Bond in the morning?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Fleming's life. In what way do you think his life and personality are reflected in the book? Where could he have learned about the world of espionage? In what ways is he like or unlike Bond?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following and examine their real life equivalent and how Fleming adapted it for the Bond books:

1) The British Secret Secret.

2) SPECTRE

3) Piz Gloria

Essay Topic 3

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?

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