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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 game does Bond play at the casino?

2. Who does Bond hope does not hear the conversation he has with the man?

3. What is the name of the master criminal Bond is trying to track down?

4. What does Bond put inside the napkin?

5. Who does the man in the restaurant ask for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Bond become become bored with his job?

2. Describe the bar game Bond plays with the ten girls.

3. How has Tracy come off the rails in recent times?

4. What favor does Bond ask from Draco?

5. What does Bond think about as he sits on the beach?

6. Describe the first meeting between Bond and Tracy.

7. What is different about Bond's room at Piz Gloria?

8. What is Piz Gloria?

9. Describe the race between Bond and the woman.

10. Describe the meeting between Bond and Blofeld in Chapter 11.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

On Her Majesty's Secret Service is part of the spy fiction genre.

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 On Her Majesty's Secret Service?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Bond decide to marry Tracy? In what way does Fleming suggest Bond is going against his natural instincts by marrying her? How do you think Tracy's death will affect him?

Essay Topic 3

In 1969 On Her Majesty's Secret Service was made into a film starring George Lazenby. 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?

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