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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. Where is Bond worried Largo will drop the nuclear weapons?

2. What word does Bond use to test Largo?

3. Which of the following do Bond and Leiter think could be a target for the bombs?

4. What kind of fish does Bond see approaching him?

5. What does Bond dream Largo turns into?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Leiter chastise the barman for the martinis he makes?

2. What does Bond discover under the tarp?

3. How does Domino react when Bond tells her her brother is dead?

4. Why has Leiter been called back to work for the CIA

5. What plan do Leiter and Bond decide upon in Chapter 20?

6. What do Bond and Leiter find out about Largo and his men in Chapter 13?

7. What does Leiter work out about Count Lippe?

8. What do Leiter and Bond see when they take a closer look at the sharks?

9. How does Bond lose the Barracuda?

10. How does Largo torture Domino?

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 Thunderball add any new elements to Bond's character? If so, what?

Essay Topic 2

Pick a character from the novel and discuss his goals and motives. Does he achieve his motive? Does he share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do his goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

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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