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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 want to repay Bond's 40 million francs with?

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

3. Who does Bond flirt with at lunch?

4. Where does Bond transfer his knife to?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bond think about as he sits on the beach?

2. What does Griffin tell Bond about his family?

3. What is Basilisk's plan for Bond to meet Blofeld?

4. What awakens Bond in the morning?

5. How does Tracy suggest that she is suicidal?

6. What is Piz Gloria?

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

8. How does Bond successfully play baccarat?

9. Describe the first meeting between Bond and Tracy.

10. What is the College of Arms?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

In what way does Fleming represent a gray area between good and bad? What does this say about Bond's character? What kind of criminal do you think Bond would be?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Bond decide to marry Tracy? In what way does Fleming suggest Bond is going against his natural instincts by marrying her? How do you think Tracy's death will affect him?

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