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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 kind of pudding do Bond and M eat?

2. What do Draco's men tell Blofeld's men they are investigating?

3. What city does Tracy leave for?

4. What have the girls been ordered not to do?

5. Who does Bond write a letter to in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Bond's dream in Chapter 20.

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

5. Describe the second meeting between Bond and Blofeld.

6. How does Bond escape from the building?

7. Describe Bond's Christmas dinner with M.

8. How does Bond kill his pursuer?

9. What problems does Britain have with turkeys in Chapter 21?

10. What does Bond find out about one of the girls at the bar in Chapter 13?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way does Fleming represent a gray area between good and bad? What does this say about Bond's character? What kind of criminal do you think Bond would be?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Bond's character across the whole series.

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

2) Does On Her Majesty's Secret Service add any new elements to Bond's character? If so, what?

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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