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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 Trude's father a professor of?

2. What city in England did Viv live in?

3. What kind of alcoholic beverage does Viv drink?

4. What kind of alcohol did Derek and Viv buy from the pub?

5. What American state does Viv want to travel to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the first section.

2. Why does Viv turn on the vacancy sign?

3. Describe the Dreamy Pines Motor Court motel.

4. Describe Viv's character.

5. What is Viv's relationship like with Mr. and Mrs. Phancey?

6. Describe Viv's trip to Windsor.

7. Summarize the fourth section.

8. Why does Viv not want to stay another night at the motel?

9. Why does it take Viv two weeks to travel only 200 miles?

10. Why does Viv have to stay an extra night at the motel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fleming writes THE SPY WHO LOVED ME in the first person and from Viv's perspective. Why do you think Fleming chose to write the story in the first person? How do you think the meaning of the story would have changed if Fleming wrote it in the third person?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following statements to write a 500-word essay:

1) Viv is an example of a 1960s woman enjoying an increasingly liberal culture.

2) Fleming writes from Viv's point of view to distinguish any ideas that Bond merely uses women.

3) THE SPY WHO LOVED ME is so far removed from the usual Bond book that it cannot be considered as part of the series.

Essay Topic 3

Examine Bond's character across the whole series.

1) How does Fleming develop Bond's character across the whole series?

2) What new elements does THE SPY WHO LOVED ME add to Bond's character?

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