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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 is the airplane's flight attendant?

2. What is Billy's nickname?

3. What kind of car does Leiter have?

4. What does Oddjob shoot at Bond?

5. Where does Bond hide his knife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What choices does Goldfinger offer Bond?

2. How does Goldfinger get clearance to fly over Fort Knox?

3. Why does Bond think Tilly is not a proper spy?

4. Why does Bond compare himself to St. George?

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

6. How does Helmut Springer die?

7. What does the man tell Bond about Enterprises Auric?

8. What does Goldfinger put under the bridge?

9. How does Goldfinger impress the gang members?

10. What does Bond say to Goldfinger?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Goldfinger need Bond to work for him? How can Goldfinger ensure that Bond does not betray him? How can Bond use working for Goldfinger to his advantage?

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

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does Fleming use character and setting to express these themes?

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