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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. Who was Bond Street named after?

2. What is the name of the mountain the helicopter lands on?

3. What country is Bond vacationing in?

4. What does Tracy want to repay Bond's 40 million francs with?

5. What does the countess want Bond to call her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tracy suggest that she is suicidal?

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

3. Describe the meeting between Bond and Blofeld in Chapter 11.

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

5. What does Griffin tell Bond about his family?

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

7. What does Bond do as the boat approaches?

8. Why is Bond finding it difficult to track down Blofeld?

9. Describe the first meeting between Bond and Tracy.

10. Why is Piz Gloria the perfect cover for Blofeld?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fleming writes On Her Majesty's Secret Service in the third person. Why do you think Fleming chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would have changed if Fleming wrote it in the first person?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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