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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 SPECTRE's current undertaking?

2. What group is No.7 from?

3. What is the name of the chairman of FIRCO?

4. What kind of food does Bond have to live on in the clinic?

5. What does the F in FIRCO stand for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Bond on the traction table in Chapter 3?

2. How does Miss Moneypenny explain M's behavior?

3. What is the only way the terrorists could set off the nuclear bombs?

4. Why is M not pleased with Bond?

5. How does Blofeld kill no.12?

6. What information does Domino give Bond in Chapter 11?

7. What does Bond notice about Lippe in the massage room?

8. What does Bond think about his osteopathic treatment?

9. What does the driver tell Bond about Shrublands?

10. Why does Bond wake up feeling awful?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Thunderball is known as spy fiction.

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 Thunderball?

Essay Topic 2

Pick a character from the novel and discuss his goals and motives. Does he achieve his motive? Does he share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do his goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

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 novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's society?

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