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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 actress do the Japanese compare Kissy to?

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

3. What is the name of the tribe Bond will be living with?

4. Who is David?

5. What does Kissy say Bond was looking for when he fell?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bond know Blofeld?

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

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

4. What does Kissy tell Bond when he wakes up?

5. Describe Bond's parents.

6. How does Bond get into the castle grounds?

7. How does Bond escape from the castle?

8. How does Blofeld capture Bond?

9. Why is the castle a taboo subject?

10. Describe Bond's education.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the difference between American and Japanese culture in terms of the following:

1) Religion.

2) Attitudes towards death.

3) Popular culture.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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