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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 the name of the man who owns the smuggling ring?

2. What issue of the Diamond News does Dankwaert flick through?

3. Where does the man hide the notes he gives the men?

4. Which of the following stones do not exist?

5. Who does the pilot say he fought under?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Bond tries to push Tiffany for more information?

2. What does Tiffany know about the smuggling ring?

3. What argument do Bond and the agent overhear?

4. What does Bond think of Tiffany?

5. What does the article say about Saratoga Springs?

6. How does the agent determine that Sayer is not a real diamond executive?

7. What information does Leiter give Bond about Tiffany?

8. Describe Tiffany's phone call.

9. How does Tiffany want Bond to smuggle the diamonds to New York?

10. How is the man stealing, raw uncut diamonds?

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 1950s. 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 Bond's character across the whole series.

1) How does Fleming develop Bond's character across the whole series?

2) What new elements does Diamonds Are Forever add to Bond's character?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Fleming's representations of the following areas and decide how close Fleming's representations are to the real thing and how Fleming makes his representations seem and feel real:

1) The diamond trade

2) American mobs

3) Horse racing

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