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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 does Oddjob kill Masterton with?

2. Who does Bond tell Tilly he is?

3. Who is the airplane's flight attendant?

4. Who does Bond write the letter to?

5. What does Bond have hidden in his shoe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Goldfinger put under the bridge?

2. How do the soldiers attack Goldfinger?

3. What choices does Goldfinger offer Bond?

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

5. How does Bond stop Tilly?

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

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

8. How does Bond hide his letter to Leiter?

9. Describe the table Goldfinger straps Bond to.

10. How has Goldfinger arranged it so Bond has to work for him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Fleming's life. In what way do you think his life and personality are reflected in the book? Where could he have learned about the world of espionage? In what ways is he like or unlike Bond?

Essay Topic 2

Fleming writes Goldfinger 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?

Essay Topic 3

Why is gambling such a big part of Bond books? Do you think Bond would have still accepted the golf bet with Goldfinger if he were not assigned to track him? In what way does gambling add excitement to the golf game that may not have been there otherwise?

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