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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 is Irma wearing?

2. What is Blofeld known as to the villagers?

3. What organization does the man work for?

4. What does Bond climb in this chapter?

5. Where is Vladiostok located?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the castle a taboo subject?

2. Why does Bond refuse the antidote?

3. How does Blofeld capture Bond?

4. Why does Kissy lie to Bond?

5. Describe Bond's parents.

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

7. Describe Bond's education.

8. What is the legend of the Six Guardians?

9. What are Blofeld and Irma wearing?

10. How does Bond get into the castle grounds?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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