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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During Mundt's first interrogation of Leamas, what does Mundt report has happened to Fiedler?
(a) He has ratted Leamas out.
(b) He has been arrested.
(c) He has been killed.
(d) He has fled the country.

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

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

4. What happens to Leamas right at the end of Mundt's trial?
(a) He is sentenced to death.
(b) He remains under arrest.
(c) He is given a new East German identity.
(d) He is sent to Russia.

5. How long is Leamas is beaten in Chapter 16?
(a) Until he passes out.
(b) Until he gives them Liz's address.
(c) Until he confesses everything.
(d) Until Fiedler intervenes.

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

7. Who is Karden?
(a) Another witness for Fiedler
(b) Leamas' cell mate during his interrogation.
(c) Mundt's representative during Mundt's trial.
(d) Leamas' ex-wife.

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

9. During Mundt's trial, what is Fiedler arguing Mundt did?
(a) Lied about believing Communism to be the best form of government.
(b) Sold plans for making a bomb to the Americans.
(c) Sold guns to the Russians.
(d) Became a secret British agent.

10. What is Liz's initial reaction to the letter she receives?
(a) Excited and eager.
(b) Trusting and open.
(c) Frightened and fearful.
(d) Skeptical but intrigued.

11. How could Liz's reaction to the plot that Leamas explains as they flee East German best be described?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Pride.
(c) Displeasure.
(d) Jealousy.

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

13. What was the evidence Fiedler used to support the warrant?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) Information provided by Leamas and other sources.
(c) Information provided by Miss Crail.
(d) Information provided by Liz.

14. What does the bank's reply to Leamas' forged inquiry lead Fiedler to believe?
(a) That Leamas really did commit embezzlement.
(b) That there's no way Mundt could be the special agent.
(c) That Liz is more than she seems to be.
(d) That Mundt must be the special agent.

15. When Leamas and Fiedler are attacked, where are they?
(a) On the grounds of a country house.
(b) About to board a plane to safety in America.
(c) In an East German prison.
(d) In Russia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Mundt is first interrogating Leamas, Mundt is very interested in Leamas' meetings with whom?

3. After Liz's testimony at Mundt's trial, what does Leamas do?

4. How many guards does Leamas knock out while trying to defend himself?

5. What does the commissar tell Liz about what will happen to Fiedler?

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