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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Leamas is going to be called as a witness in whose trial?
(a) Peters'.
(b) Mundt's.
(c) Liz's.
(d) Control's.

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

4. Who does Fiedler believe to be the special agent?
(a) Mundt.
(b) Peters.
(c) Leamas.
(d) Liz.

5. At the end of Chapter 19, how has Liz's experience in East Germany been?
(a) Really fun.
(b) Terrifying.
(c) Exhilarating.
(d) Disheartening.

6. What happens to Liz when she is on top of the border wall?
(a) She saves Leamas by pushing him over to the other side.
(b) She faints from stress, and Leamas has to carry her.
(c) She makes it over but breaks her ankle on the way down.
(d) She is shot and falls to the bottom.

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

8. How are Liz and Leamas supposed to cross the border?
(a) In a car.
(b) On foot.
(c) On a bicycle.
(d) In a helicopter that is coming to rescue them.

9. What is the Praesidium?
(a) The prison where Leamas is being kept.
(b) The ruling council of East Germany.
(c) A torture method Mundt uses on Leamas.
(d) The secret tunnel system Leamas uses to escape.

10. After Liz's testimony at Mundt's trial, what does Leamas express his severe disappointment in?
(a) The East Germans.
(b) The West Germans.
(c) The British.
(d) The Russians.

11. How does Leamas react to Liz's testimony?
(a) He gets very angry because he realizes his mission has been spoiled.
(b) He is angry she didn't tell him about the baby.
(c) He pretends he doesn't know her.
(d) He glows, because he loves her so much.

12. What does Karden call for to refute Leamas' claims?
(a) Karden calls Fiedler to the stand, who has been recording Leamas all along.
(b) For Leamas to be tortured so he'll talk on the stand.
(c) A secret witness.
(d) A special jury to look into Leamas' allegations.

13. Who does Liz receive a letter from?
(a) The Centre of the District Communist Party.
(b) Her long-lost mother.
(c) Leamas.
(d) The Queen of England.

14. What has happened to Leamas between when he was knocked out and when he wakes up?
(a) He's been placed in handcuffs.
(b) His hands and legs have been bound.
(c) He's been smuggled out of the country.
(d) He's been taken to a hospital.

15. What is Liz's reaction to the attendance numbers for the Communist meeting she attends in East Germany?
(a) She feels disenchanted with the Communist Party.
(b) She is flattered that they liked her speech so much.
(c) She is excited so many people came.
(d) She can't believe how young all the attendees are.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Liz and Leamas are fleeing East Germany, Leamas explains what happened to Liz. What does he say his real mission was?

2. What does the judge in Mundt's trial decide about the case?

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

4. What is the official name of Mundt's trial?

5. During Mundt's first interrogation of Leamas, what does Mundt report has happened to Fiedler?

(see the answer keys)

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