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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who starts shooting at Liz and Leamas?
(a) British intelligence agents.
(b) The West Berlin guards.
(c) The Vopos.
(d) No one -- they are finally safe.

2. What happens when Liz and Leamas are on top of the border wall?
(a) They lose their balance and fall again.
(b) They start yelling for their comrades to come rescue them.
(c) They start waving their arms to get help.
(d) The searchlights locate them.

3. When Liz first arrives in East Germany, what does she do?
(a) Loses all of her luggage.
(b) Meets with common people.
(c) Attends a very fancy ceremony with the king.
(d) Has her passport stolen.

4. At the end of Chapter 18, Leamas views Fiedler as what?
(a) Someone he can use to reach his goal, but that he doesn't really like.
(b) His ally.
(c) His enemy.
(d) An annoying middleman.

5. When Mundt is first interrogating Leamas, Mundt is very interested in Leamas' meetings with whom?
(a) George Smiley.
(b) Liz Gold.
(c) Miss Crail.
(d) Communists in London.

6. Who climbs up the border wall first?
(a) Peters.
(b) Mundt.
(c) Liz.
(d) Leamas.

7. What key realization does Leamas come to at the end of Mundt's trial?
(a) That Fiedler was setting him up all along.
(b) That Liz is really the double agent.
(c) That Liz never loved him.
(d) That he has been used by the British government.

8. Who arrives at the end of the Communist meeting Liz attends in East Germany?
(a) Leamas.
(b) An official from the Praesidium.
(c) Peters.
(d) Miss Crail.

9. What does Leamas first do when he realizes he is going to be attacked after being out with Fiedler?
(a) He starts speaking Italian so they won't think he's a spy.
(b) He hides in the dark and waits for them to attack.
(c) He puts his hands up.
(d) He runs.

10. What does Leamas say in response to Karden's accusations about him?
(a) Leamas refuses to say anything.
(b) Leamas admits working for the British, but says his allegiance is now to the East Germans.
(c) Leamas denies even being in touch with British intelligence since he left the agency.
(d) Leamas denies ever being a spy for anyone.

11. How does Liz feel about her presence at Mundt's trial?
(a) She refuses to even speak.
(b) She is confused and scared.
(c) She faints.
(d) She is more than happy to participate.

12. Who does Liz meet at a Communist Party meeting?
(a) Miss Crail.
(b) Leamas.
(c) Peters.
(d) Ashe.

13. After being sent the document with Leamas' forged signature, how does the bank reply?
(a) That the money inquired about was withdrawn already.
(b) That the money has been transferred to Liz Gold's personal account.
(c) That there never was any money to begin with.
(d) That the money has grown considerably from interest.

14. When Leamas wakes up after being beaten, where is he?
(a) In the trunk of a car.
(b) In hiding in Liz's house.
(c) Back in London.
(d) In a cell.

15. What is the official name of Mundt's trial?
(a) The Circus.
(b) Mundt V. The State of East Germany.
(c) There is no official name for it; it's a secret hearing.
(d) The Tribunal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Liz taken after she is rescued?

2. What does the commissar tell Liz about what will happen to Leamas?

3. What does the bank's reply to Leamas' forged inquiry lead Fiedler to believe?

4. What was the evidence Fiedler used to support the warrant?

5. What character surprisingly appears during Mundt's trial?

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