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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 Bond's biggest fear in this chapter?

2. What has Le Chiffre dropped onto the road?

3. Where does the gunman hit Bond?

4. What does Bond do the following morning?

5. What does Vesper say she needed Mathis' help with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who saves Bond in Chapter 18?

2. What prompts Bond and Vesper to move upstairs?

3. What does the doctor tell Bond in Chapter 19?

4. What tragedy happens at the beginning of Chapter 27?

5. How does Le Chiffre torture Bond in Chapter 17?

6. What is Bond's opinion on Vesper and her kidnapping?

7. What does Bond say about heroes and villains in Chapter 20?

8. What is Mathis' cover story in Chapter 19?

9. Why does Vesper become upset in Chapter 22?

10. What advice does Mathis give Bond in Chapter 20?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine violence in the novel.

1) How do the characters in the novel view violence? Are there are character that would think twice before shooting or hitting someone?

2) Do the characters need to be violent to cope in the world that Fleming portrays?

3) How do the students think the public reacted to the novel's violence when it was first published? How would the public react to such a book today?

Essay Topic 2

Pick a character from the novel and discuss his/her goals and motives. Does he/she achieve his/her motives? Does he/she share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do his/her goals clash with other characters? How do the character's goals and motives affect his/her interactions with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the values of 1950s France.

1) Why were spies and double agents such an issue during this time?

2) In what ways are the characters' negative characteristics a product of their time? Do you think France was going through a transitional phase in the Fifties? What significant changes do you think occurred during this period?

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