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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. Who does Bond address the envelope to?

2. What does Tiffany send Bond from the kitchen?

3. What do the men's gunshots damage?

4. Where does Bond hide the money?

5. What method of transport does Bond use to travel to the mud baths?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems does Bond cause himself by playing roulette?

2. How does Leiter help Bond out at the end of the chapter?

3. How does Leiter think the jockey wants to throw the race?

4. What amuses Bond about the hotel?

5. In what way is Bond situation more precarious than he first thought?

6. Why is Bond suspicious of the two men?

7. What do Bond and Tiffany say to each other on their dinner date?

8. What do the two men look like?

9. How does Bond try to delay Seraffimo and his men?

10. Why is Shy Smile disqualified?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and examine how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme:

1) Setting

2) Point of view

3) Structure

4) Language

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

Fleming writes Diamonds Are Forever 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 have changed if Fleming wrote it in the first person?

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