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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 first person Bond meets at Shrublands?

2. What food does Bond desire?

3. Where does Bond take Domino in this chapter?

4. What treatment does Bond have at the end of this chapter?

5. Which of the following does M think Bond does too much of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wain speculate happened to Bond on the traction machine?

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

3. Why does M want Bond to go to the Bahamas?

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

5. How does Bond get his revenge on Count Lippe?

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

7. How does Blofeld kill no.12?

8. What does Bond think about his osteopathic treatment?

9. Why does Lippe offer Bond £50,000?

10. What is FIRCO?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Fleming's writing style. How would you describe Fleming's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Fleming's style give to the story?

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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