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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 the foreigner kill people?

2. What kind of mission does Molony suggest that M gives Bond?

3. What does Tiger say many people in Japan see suicide as?

4. What does Tanaka throw on the first hand?

5. Who is Bond taken to meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the government not prosecute Dr. Shatterhand?

2. What does Tanako tell Bond during their business meeting?

3. What does Bond say Dikko did the night before?

4. What is ON?

5. What does Moloney suggest M does to help Bond get back to his old self?

6. What is the garden of death?

7. How does M describe Tiger?

8. What does Tiger think about Western culture?

9. What does the dangerous foreigner do in Japan?

10. What accident does Bond witness at the school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the structure of the novel.

1) How do Fleming use character and dialogue to drive the narrative.

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

3) Away from the main character examine the way Fleming uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Fleming use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's dialogue. How does Fleming's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

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