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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 Mr. Big instruct one of his men to do to Bond?

2. Who does the henchman say he is taking Bond to visit?

3. To whom did the train porter sell the gold coins?

4. What does Bond take from the dead man?

5. What special gift does Solitaire possess?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mr. Big rise to prominence?

2. What reasons does Bond give Mr. Big for being in America?

3. In what way is the Whisper an example of Mr. Big's control over of the African-American community?

4. How do Felix and Bond decide to work together in Chapter 1?

5. Describe how Mr. Big leads Bond and Leiter into a trap.

6. What information is in the FBI file in Chapter 2?

7. Where does M say the gold is really coming from?

8. What does Bond learn about Voodoo in Chapter 3?

9. Describe the meeting between Solitiare and Bond.

10. Describe the phone call between the Whisper and his boss.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Bond's character across the whole series.

1) How does Fleming develop Bond's character across the whole series?

2) Does Live and Let Die add any new elements to Bond's character? If so, what?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Fleming's writing style. How would you describe Fleming's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Fleming's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Live and Let Die is known as spy fiction.

1) What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2) In what way did the Bond series help to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in Live and Let Die?

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