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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 use to slide down the wall?

2. What color mask does the man wear that is following them?

3. Where was Bond's father born?

4. What does the corporal kill the man with?

5. What does Blofeld want to push Britain away from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bond get into the castle grounds?

2. What are Blofeld and Irma wearing?

3. What catch 22 situation does Blofeld put Bond in?

4. Describe Bond's parents.

5. What does Bond witness from his hideout?

6. What does Blofeld order Bond to tell him?

7. Why does Kissy lie to Bond?

8. What is Tiger's plan to get into the castle?

9. What does Bond overhear Blofeld say to his wife?

10. Describe how Bond makes his way through the castle?

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 novels meaning would change if it was set in today's society?

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

You Only Live Twice 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 was written in the first person?

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