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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leamas see when he leaves Liz's apartment after first spending the night?
(a) A sweet family.
(b) Liz's other lover.
(c) A strange man in the fog.
(d) A lost dog.

2. After publicly leaving his job in Chapter 3, what does Leamas do?
(a) Writes his autobiography.
(b) Gets married.
(c) Manages a glue factory.
(d) Works for the Queen.

3. What was the purpose of the secret mission Leamas reveals to Peters while being interrogated at the Hague?
(a) Leamas smuggled guns into London.
(b) Leamas traveled with a rock band to gather information on their drug use.
(c) Leamas would take cash to Scandinavian countries for secret agents.
(d) Leamas coordinated secret flights for politicians on vacation.

4. Who is Mundt?
(a) The deputy director of the Abteilung.
(b) The deputy director of the CIA.
(c) Leamas' half-brother.
(d) The deputy director of Russian spies.

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

6. Who does Miss Crail talk to on the phone most of the time?
(a) Leamas.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Reporters.
(d) Her mother.

7. 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 what Leamas did to go to jail.
(d) About Liz's involvement with Communism.

8. Who is Peter Gulliam?
(a) Leamas' new boss in Russia.
(b) Leamas' new boss in West Berlin.
(c) Someone Leamas remembers as being involved in Rolling Stone.
(d) Leamas' new cell mate.

9. Where does Leamas request he be sent after he officially defects?
(a) London.
(b) America.
(c) Soviet territory.
(d) Anywhere that isn't in Europe.

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

11. Once everyone realizes that Leamas is wanted in Britain, where does Peters take Leamas?
(a) East Berlin.
(b) Shopping for clothes so he can go undercover.
(c) Deeper into the spy prison building.
(d) America.

12. Who is Miss Crail?
(a) A librarian.
(b) A secretary.
(c) An old family friend of Leamas'.
(d) A housekeeper.

13. Who comes to the German border first in chapter 1?
(a) Karl.
(b) Elvira.
(c) They never come to the border.
(d) They come at the same time.

14. Leamas is:
(a) None of the above.
(b) A twin.
(c) A very young man.
(d) An older man.

15. What is the name of the library where Leamas gets a job?
(a) Berlin Community Library.
(b) University of London Library.
(c) London City Library.
(d) Bayswater Library for Psychic Research.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Leamas stop showing up for work at the library?

2. What does Leamas do to the grocer when he refuses Leamas' request?

3. Who are the Vopos?

4. Which of the following is the best description of Leamas' life, from the public's point of view, once he leaves British intelligence?

5. What does Liz do while Leamas is in prison?

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