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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 are the only weapons Bond and his crew have?

2. What is Manta?

3. What can Largo's yacht do that Perderson's submarine cannot?

4. What does Bond wound the man with?

5. What is Largo's presumed target?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Domino save Bond's life?

2. Why does Largo kill the Russian agent?

3. What does Bond find attractive about Domino?

4. What does Leiter tell Bond in the hospital room?

5. What does Bond discover under the tarp?

6. How does Largo torture Domino?

7. What does Leiter work out about Count Lippe?

8. Why is Bond concerned Largo will do if he knows they have detected him?

9. What does Bond use as his cover when he investigates Leiter's boat?

10. What do Leiter and Bond see when they take a closer look at the sharks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What is the difference between barracudas and sharks? When and how can sharks be dangerous? What position do sharks hold in popular culture?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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