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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. Who is the only member of SPECTRE who is not in the Bahamas?

2. What does Bond buy for Domino?

3. What is Wain's role at Shrublands?

4. What do the blackmailers demand to be paid in?

5. What does DEW stand for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Blofeld review at the SPECTRE meeting?

3. What is Shrublands?

4. What does the Prime Minister say in his letter?

5. What plan does Blofeld outline in this chapter?

6. What does the driver tell Bond about Shrublands?

7. Describe Emilio Largo.

8. What does Bond think about his osteopathic treatment?

9. How does Lippe try to kill Bond?

10. What is FIRCO?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In 1965 Thunderball was made into a film starring Sean Connery. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant 40 years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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