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In The Secret Life of Ian Fleming

1. How does Ian Fleming consistently get into trouble? (Answer)

2. When his career at Sandhurst comes swiftly to an end, what line of work does Ian choose? (Answer)

3. In what subjects does Fleming excel, according to his new employer? (Answer)

4. On his first assignment, when Ian meets Karina Iliana Karpova, what is she doing in her train compartment? (Answer)

5. When Ian kisses Iliana, what does he notice about her lips? (Answer)

6. In matters of espionage, what is to be avoided at all costs? (Answer)

7. When Ian first meets Leda St. Gabriel, what does Leda say she will not do? (Answer)

8. What is the correct pronunciation of St. Gabriel, according to Leda? (Answer)

9. Why is a stiff military uniform appropriate attire for Leda early in the film? (Answer)

10. What would Leda call the form of love in which Ian generally engages? (Answer)

11. Leda defines what she is looking for with Ian when she says "There is no love without ________________ ." (Answer)

12. With what facial gestures does Leda express her distant attitude toward Ian early in the film? (Answer)

13. What does Ian respond when Leda asks "What do you want from me?" And what does Leda reply?(Answer)

14. How does Fleming like his martinis prepared? (Answer)

15. When Ian meets Leda at the bar and she is out of uniform, what are Leda's two lines to Ian and why are they so fraught with romantic detail? (Answer)

16. When is the first occasion that Leda allows Ian to kiss her? (Or didn't she kiss him? Hint: it's just after a taxi ride) (Answer)

17. How is it that Leda manages to look sexy even when she is wearing a tie? (Answer)

18. When Ian takes Leda to meet his mother, how does Mrs. Fleming assess Leda curtly? (Answer)

19. Leda sums up the paradox of her relationship with Ian with the comment: "You are who you are, and I am who I am -- that's the ________ and that is the ______________ ." (Answer)

20. When Ian and Leda finally get around to making love, how does Ian know that Leda is not like the other women he has encountered on his adventures? (Answer)

21. After the operation on the continent, how does Ian know that Leda is in danger? (Answer)

22. What is Leda playing with while waiting for Ian's return as she moves around the room in a slinky robe? (Answer)

23. What is the dream Ian has while in hospital? What is the word Leda and Ian use to describe their friendship? (Answer)

24. What object does Ian return to his mother at the end of the film, and what is the significance of that gesture? (Answer)

  
 

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