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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. Where is the House of Diamonds located in London?

2. What does Bond want to find a bar with?

3. For what reason did the man have to kill two of the men from the pipeline ?

4. What does Bond want to celebrate?

5. What does Tiffany's passport state as her profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Leiter going to Saratoga Springs?

2. What does the man complain to the pilot about?

3. Why can't the Scotland Yard prove that the House of Diamonds is a front for diamond smuggling?

4. What information does Leiter give Bond about Tiffany?

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

6. Why is the man so anxious?

7. Why does the Chief of Staff send Bond to see Vallance?

8. What does the man think as the helicopter flies away?

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

10. What message does the Chief of Staff leave for Bond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does Fleming use character and setting to express these themes?

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 the novel's dialogue. How does Fleming's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

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