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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 name of the nearest town?

2. What method of transport does Draco arrange to take Bond and his men to Piz Gloria?

3. What do Draco's men tell Blofeld's men they are investigating?

4. What color lights did the laboratory have?

5. What room does Ruby lead Bond into?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bond kill his pursuer?

2. What does Mr. Franklin suspect Blofeld's plan is?

3. How does Bond kill his pursuers in Chapter 18?

4. Describe the chase between Blofeld and Bond.

5. Describe Bond's dream in Chapter 20.

6. What does Bond find out about Ruby in Chapter 13?

7. What does Bond say in his message to headquarters?

8. What problems does Britain have with turkeys in Chapter 21?

9. How do Bond's pursuers try to kill him?

10. Describe Bond's Christmas dinner with M.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Examine Bond's job.

1)What sacrifices do you think Bond has to make to work in such a job?

2) What kind of character does Bond have to be to do the job?

3) How accurate do the students think Fleming's representation of Bond's job is?

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