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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 is the Bleuvilles family trait?

2. What was the man pushed down?

3. Where is Blofeld living?

4. What are the men using the truck for?

5. What is the Bond family motto?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the bar game Bond plays with the ten girls.

2. Describe the first meeting between Bond and Tracy.

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

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

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

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

7. How does Bond successfully play baccarat?

8. What awakens Bond during the night?

9. Describe the race between Bond and the woman.

10. Why is Bond watching the woman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the values of 1960s Britain.

1) Why was morality such an issue during this time?

2) In what ways are the characters' negative characteristics a product of their time? In what way Britain was going through a transitional phase in the Sixties?

3) Does modern society share any values with 1960s Britain?

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