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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 city do Tracy and Bond drive to?

2. Where does Bond have to meet M?

3. What ski path is Bond on?

4. What kind of treatment is the clinic using?

5. What does Tracy disguise Bond in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bond find out about Ruby in Chapter 13?

2. What does Bond hear during the night in Ruby's room?

3. How does Bond kill his pursuers in Chapter 18?

4. How does Bond escape from the building?

5. What does Bond arrange at Zurich Airport in Chapter 19?

6. How does Bond try to hide himself in Samaden?

7. Describe Bond's Christmas dinner with M.

8. What does Mr. Franklin suspect Blofeld's plan is?

9. How does Draco camouflage his helicopter?

10. Describe Bond's dream in Chapter 20.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1960s? How does Fleming express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

Fleming writes On Her Majesty's Secret Service 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?

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