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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 kind of guy does Sluggsy call Horror?

2. What does Viv say an American would have said instead of puncture?

3. What person does Bond say the world needs more of?

4. What does Sluggsy tell Viv are all the same?

5. Who did Bond arrest in Toronto?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of James Bond.

2. Summarize the seventh section.

3. What does Sluggsy do when he finds Viv?

4. What does Viv tell Bond at the door?

5. What does Bond think is Sluggsy and Horror's plan?

6. What does Viv see in the cupboard?

7. Why does Sluggsy not rape Viv?

8. How does Bond defeat Sluggsy and Horror?

9. How does the man at the front door persuade Viv to let him in?

10. How does bond react to Viv telling him there is no room in the motel?

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 are 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

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1960s. How does Fleming express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novels meaning would change if it was set in today's society?

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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