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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 Universal Export's specialty?

2. What nationality was the man Bond killed most recently?

3. What kind of ball is Goldfinger playing with?

4. In which of the following countries can someone buy gold at a higher price?

5. What does Goldfinger mishear Bond's name as?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bond do with Goldfinger's camera?

2. What research does Bond have to do for his book?

3. What does Bond see the men doing in Goldfinger's factory?

4. Describe Bond's car.

5. How does Bond prepare himself before he enters Goldfinger's room?

6. What happens at the end of the chapter?

7. What does M want Bond to do?

8. How is Goldfinger spying on Du Pont's cards?

9. What is special about Oddjob's hat?

10. How does Du Pont describe Auric Goldfinger?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and examine their real life equivalent and how Fleming adapted it for the Bond books:

1) The British Secret Secret.

2) SMERSH

3) The goldtrade

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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