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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. Which of the following crime activities has the SPECTRE group not participated in?

2. What does Bond buy for Domino?

3. Where does Bond wait for Lippe?

4. Why does Blofeld say he asked no. 7 and not no. 12 to stand up?

5. What is the name of M's secretary?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Wain outline for Bond during his stay at Shrublands?

4. Why did Blofeld have to return the ransom money?

5. What three desires does Bond say he is still obsessed by?

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

7. What is Giuseppe Petacchi's background?

8. How does Bond describe Count Lippe?

9. What is Shrublands?

10. How does Blofeld kill no.12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How important it is for a secret agent to have a healthy lifestyle? What kind of lifestyle would someone like Bond have to have in today's society? Were concerns about health and lifestyle, new concerns in the Sixties?

Essay Topic 2

Look at the structure of the novel.

1) How does Fleming use character and dialogue to drive the narrative.

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

3) Aside, from the main character examine the way Fleming uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

How much does Fleming's representation of masculinity in the book conform to the 1960s society of the ideal man? Does Bond goes against 1960s society of the ideal man?

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