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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 does Bond say he is interested in purchasing?

2. What is Leiter going to wear over his hook so he can join the swimmers?

3. What does Bond dream Largo turns into?

4. Where does Bond arrange to meet Domino?

5. Where has Largo put Domino?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why has Leiter been called back to work for the CIA

3. How does Domino react when Bond tells her her brother is dead?

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

5. How does Bond defeat the guard in Chapter 16?

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

7. What does Bond discover under the tarp?

8. Why does Leiter chastise the barman for the martinis he makes?

9. What does Bond find attractive about Domino?

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

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1960s? How does Fleming express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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