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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 is Bond ready to give M?

2. What does Tiger say many people in Japan see suicide as?

3. What bar does Bond go to on his second night in Japan?

4. What does Tanaka invite Bond home to discuss?

5. What did the doctor find in Kyushu?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does Tiger give Bond at the train station?

2. Why does Tanako call Bond Bondo-san?

3. What does Tiger think about Western culture?

4. What does Tanako tell Bond during their business meeting?

5. What does Bond say Dikko did the night before?

6. What is the garden of death?

7. What is ON?

8. What does Tiger say is his real feelings towards foreigners?

9. What poisons are there in the park?

10. How does M describe Tiger?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Examine Fleming's representation of Japanese culture.

1) How accurate do the students think Fleming's representation of Japanese culture is?

2) In what way does Fleming exaggerate parts of Japanese culture to make the novel excting and express some of the deeper themes?

Essay Topic 3

The Bond books greatly influenced modern literature and in particular crime books. Choose a book written after the novel that you think was influenced by it and discuss there similarities in terms of:

a) plot

b) character

c) themes.

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