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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 Bond decide to complete his mission?

2. What Bond say traditional prayers to?

3. Where was Bond's mother born?

4. What is Blofeld known as to the villagers?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Blofeld and Irma wearing?

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

3. Why does Kissy lie to Bond?

4. What does Bond witness from his hideout?

5. What does Blofeld tell Bond?

6. How does Bond know Blofeld?

7. Why does Bond pretend not to know the person in the photograph?

8. Describe Bond's parents.

9. How does Bond get into the castle grounds?

10. What is the legend of the Six Guardians?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Bond books greatly influenced modern literature and in particular crime books. Choose a book written after the novel that you think was influenced by it and discuss there similarities in terms of:

a) plot

b) character

c) themes.

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

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?

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