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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. How does Largo respond to the Russian's suspicions?

2. Who does Bond go with to check out Largo's ship?

3. Waht does Bond notice about Domino in this chapter?

4. Which of the crew says he is a top notch swimmer?

5. Where do Bond and Leiter go to scope out Largo and his men?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leiter work out about Count Lippe?

2. How does Domino save Bond's life?

3. What do Bond and Leiter find out about Largo and his men in Chapter 13?

4. What important information does Domino divulge in this chapter?

5. What do Bond and Leiter think are the most likely targets for the bombs?

6. How does Largo torture Domino?

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

8. What does Bond think the criminals plan to do?

9. What does Bond find attractive about Domino?

10. What problems occur in Chapter 20?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Thunderball is written in the third person. Why do you think Fleming chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would of changed if it were written in the first person?

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