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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Miss Crail's relationship to Leamas?
(a) She is his sister.
(b) She is his boss.
(c) She works for him.
(d) She rents a room from him.

2. In what time period is this novel taking place?
(a) 1800's.
(b) 1940's.
(c) 1960's era Cold War.
(d) 1980's.

3. What is the real reason Leamas left his job at British intelligence after meeting with Control?
(a) He had an affair.
(b) His wife wanted him to.
(c) He just can't take it anymore.
(d) It's part of his new mission.

4. What people does Control tell Leamas to look up before starting his new mission?
(a) George Guilliam & Peter Smiley.
(b) Karl Reimeck & Peter Smiley.
(c) George Smiley & Peter Guilliam.
(d) No one -- he's supposed to work alone.

5. Who is Control?
(a) The head of British technology.
(b) The guy who fixes Leamas' computer.
(c) Leamas' doctor.
(d) Head of the British intelligence agency.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the library where Leamas gets a job?

2. What drives Leamas' unhealthy life choices in after he leaves British intelligence?

3. What is the public perception of why Leamas left his job?

4. Leamas publicly appears to do what at everything he does after leaving his job at British intelligence in Chapter 3?

5. Where is Leamas' next mission once he returns to London after meeting with Control in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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