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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. How is Tracy related to Draco?

2. What kind of transport does Bond take to the Alps?

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

4. What is the name of the girl Bond befriends?

5. What are the men using the truck for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Bond become become bored with his job?

2. What favor does Bond ask from Draco?

3. What awakens Bond in the morning?

4. What strange things does Bond notice at dinner?

5. How does the man die?

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

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

8. Describe the race between Bond and the woman.

9. In what way are Bond's first few meeting with Tracy in her room strange?

10. How does Bond lock himself in the office trailer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

On Her Majesty's Secret Service is part of the spy fiction genre.

1) What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2) In what way did the Bond series help to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in On Her Majesty's Secret Service?

Essay Topic 2

The Bond books greatly influenced modern literature and, in particular, crime books. Choose a book written after the novel that you think was influenced by it and discuss their similarities in terms of:

a) plot

b) character

c) themes.

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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