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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 will Goldfinger load onto the Russian submarine?

2. Who gave Leiter Bond's note?

3. Where does the girl need to go for an appointment?

4. What does the doctor want Bond to take a shot for?

5. Who does Bond meet in Washington?

Short Essay Questions

1. What choices does Goldfinger offer Bond?

2. How does Goldfinger convince everyone he can rob Fort Knox?

3. How is Goldfinger planning to kill the 60,000 people of Fort Knox?

4. How does Bond stop Tilly?

5. How does Goldfinger impress the gang members?

6. What does Bond say to Goldfinger?

7. How did Leiter get Bond's letter?

8. How does Goldfinger convince the doctor Bond is ill?

9. Describe the meeting room.

10. How does Bond plant a homing device in Goldfinger's car?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In 1964 Goldfinger was made into a film starring Sean Connery. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant six years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

Essay Topic 2

The Bond books greatly influenced modern literature and, in particular, crime books. Choose a book written after the novel that you think was influenced by it and discuss their similarities in terms of:

a) plot

b) character

c) themes

Essay Topic 3

In what way was the threat of nuclear war a theme from the 50s and 60s? How did America and Britain combat the threat of nuclear war?

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