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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After Liz's testimony at Mundt's trial, what does Leamas do?
(a) Confesses the he's a Russian double agent.
(b) Confesses that he loves her.
(c) Confesses that he's a British double agent.
(d) Confesses that he's the father to her unborn baby.

3. How much time do Liz and Leamas have to cross the border?
(a) A very short window.
(b) Until the sun comes up.
(c) No time at all -- they are running too late.
(d) At least 3 hours.

4. What does the commissar tell Liz about what will happen to Fiedler?
(a) He will be set free, but he must never leave East Germany.
(b) He will be imprisoned for the rest of his life.
(c) He will be killed.
(d) He will be returned to London.

5. What does Liz decide to do after receiving the letter?
(a) Ignore it and see if another one comes.
(b) Decline her inheritance since it comes with restrictions.
(c) Keep her job at the library.
(d) Accept the invitation and go to East Germany.

6. What character surprisingly appears during Mundt's trial?
(a) Liz.
(b) Miss Crail.
(c) Peters.
(d) Control.

7. How knowledgeable is Liz about Germany?
(a) She grew up there.
(b) She's fluent in German and has a Ph.D. in German literature.
(c) Not very.
(d) Incredibly knowledgeable.

8. What does Mundt's representative argue during the trial?
(a) That Mundt may have made mistakes, but the jury should let him go anyway.
(b) That the Tribunal is the culmination of a British mission to destroy Mundt.
(c) That Mundt should receive a medal, not a jail sentence.
(d) That Mundt is too old to send to jail.

9. Toward the end of the novel, what does Liz believe about Fiedler?
(a) He will be joining them soon in Russia.
(b) He is a liar.
(c) He is a good man who should not be killed.
(d) He is a double-agent who should be protected.

10. During the trial, who does Fiedler accuse of murdering Karl Riemeck?
(a) Liz.
(b) Leamas.
(c) Peters.
(d) Mundt.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How could Liz's reaction to the plot that Leamas explains as they flee East German best be described?

2. What does Leamas say in response to Karden's accusations about him?

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

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

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

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