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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 explodes around Bond as he escapes?

2. What does a guard attack Bond with?

3. What kind of game is Largo playing?

4. What does the waiter cut the martinis with?

5. What does Bond recruit Domino to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Bond find attractive about Domino?

3. Why does Largo kill the Russian agent?

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

5. What does Bond discover under the tarp?

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

7. What problems occur in Chapter 20?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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

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