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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. When does the letter say the Soviet Union will stop their attack?

2. What kind of man does Dikko say Tiger is?

3. Where is Melody's bar located?

4. Why did the young man kill himself?

5. What does Bond think the young man should have tried to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bond's feeling at the beginning of the chapter?

2. What does Bond think about as he wanders around the park?

3. What does Bond say he sees all around him?

4. What is Molony's reasoning behind sending Bond on a dangerous mission?

5. What does Bond do in his first night in Japan?

6. What accident does Bond witness at the school?

7. What is the large red wheel for?

8. What is the garden of death?

9. What does Tiger say is his real feelings towards foreigners?

10. Why does Tiger consider one foreigner dangerous?

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

Examine the theme of death.

1) In what way does Fleming use the Japanese setting to express the theme of death?

2) How does the theme of death affect the tone of the novel? Is it different in thone to other Bond novels?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following statements to write a 500-word essay:

1) You Only Live Twice is an example of how Bond keeps the series going through the constant theme of revenge.

2) Bond and Blofeld are not far apart in personality and the only thing that separates them is the fact they are on different sides.

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