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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leamas think when he first sees Pitt?
(a) That he's a fraud.
(b) That he looks familiar.
(c) That he's trying to steal from him.
(d) That he might be a friend of his mother.

2. During Leamas' meeting with Control, what is revealed as Leamas' job for the last few years?
(a) Being a spy in Russia.
(b) Managing the West Berlin spy network.
(c) Being a spy in the U.S.
(d) Managing the East Berlin spy network.

3. Who is Alex Leamas?
(a) A British secret agent.
(b) An East German spy.
(c) An average citizen.
(d) A West German spy.

4. In Chapter 12, what does Fiedler ask Leamas about?
(a) Rolling Stone.
(b) Liz.
(c) His secret passwords and spy gadgets.
(d) Control.

5. What is this person who visits Liz while Leamas is in prison interested in knowing?
(a) About whether or not the shopkeeper is recovering.
(b) About Liz's relationship with Leamas.
(c) About Liz's involvement with Communism.
(d) About what Leamas did to go to jail.

6. What does Peters bring with him when he returns to see Leamas in Chapter 10?
(a) Information that Leamas' picture is in the newspaper.
(b) Liz.
(c) Truth serum.
(d) East German body guards.

7. While Peters is talking to Leamas, what does Peters remain convinced of?
(a) There was another spy in East German that Leamas didn't know about.
(b) That Leamas is a double agent.
(c) That Leamas is totally lying to him.
(d) That Leamas is setting him up.

8. After leaving the Hague, Leamas ultimately ends up in:
(a) West Berlin.
(b) Russia, which wasn't in the plan.
(c) America.
(d) East Berlin.

9. Who is Elvira?
(a) An average citizen.
(b) Alec Leamas' friend.
(c) Alec Leamas' sister and employee.
(d) Karl Riemeck's girlfriend and employee.

10. When Leamas is released from jail, he meets someone. What do they first do together?
(a) They rob a bank.
(b) They go out to lunch.
(c) They start a new company.
(d) They go see Control.

11. Which of the following jobs does Leamas also take in Chapter 3?
(a) Selling encyclopedias door to door.
(b) Selling knives door to door.
(c) Selling men's suits.
(d) Selling cars.

12. Who is Liz Gold?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A cataloging assistant in the library.
(c) A schoolteacher.
(d) The mailwoman.

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

14. While Leamas is in prison, who comes to visit Liz?
(a) George Smiley.
(b) The warden.
(c) Control.
(d) Leamas -- he sneaks out of prison for one night to see her.

15. Where is Leamas' next mission once he returns to London after meeting with Control in Chapter 2?
(a) Also in London.
(b) East Berlin.
(c) West Berlin.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once Elvira crosses the German border, what does she report to Leamas?

2. What is consuming most of Leamas' thoughts the longer he is questioned?

3. What is Liz Gold's relationship to Leamas when they first meet?

4. Which of the following is the best description of Miss Crail?

5. Who is Control?

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