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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 watches Bond and Tatiana spend the night together?

2. What has Kerim already arranged for Bond and the girl?

3. What does Bond initially ask Tatiana about?

4. Where is the gun hidden that Bond shoots Grant with?

5. How does Bond kill Kerim's attacker?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the fight between the gypsies and the faceless ones

2. What does Kerim tell Bond in the corridor?

3. Why does the gypsy hesitate to let Bond into the compound?

4. Why did Kerim make Bond visit so public?

5. What does Grant's say is the Russian's plot?

6. What is Nash's real identity?

7. How does Kerim spy on the Russians?

8. What does Bond see when he looks through the periscope?

9. What causes Bond to turn around?

10. What impression does Tatiana make on Bond when he sees her for the first time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do the Russians think that killing Bond would cause so problems? How would the MI5 react to Bond's death?

Essay Topic 2

Look at the structure of the novel.

1) How does 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 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?

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