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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 food does Bond have to live on in the clinic?

2. What is Wain's role at Shrublands?

3. Which of the following groups is not at the meeting?

4. What kind of organizations is SPECTRE made up of?

5. Where does Petacchi want to relocate to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bond wake up feeling awful?

2. What is the only way the terrorists could set off the nuclear bombs?

3. How has Bond changed after his break at Shrublands?

4. Why is M not pleased with Bond?

5. What does M think happened to the plane carrying the nuclear weapons?

6. What does Lippe's tattoo mark him as?

7. Why does Blofeld use a violet-scented breath freshener?

8. What is FIRCO?

9. Why does Lippe offer Bond £50,000?

10. What information does Domino give Bond in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is SPECTRE's motivation? What kind of people would an organization like SPECTRE need to be successful?

Essay Topic 2

Is revenge is a good motivation for a secret agent to have? Is Bond risking too much by seeking revenge? How can Bond use his need for revenge to succeed as a secret agent?

Essay Topic 3

In 1965 Thunderball was made into a film starring Sean Connery. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant 40 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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