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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Leamas believe Ashe to be?
(a) An annoying middleman.
(b) A spy from Control.
(c) The brains behind the operation.
(d) A very wealthy and important businessman.

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

4. Who is Liz Gold?
(a) A cataloging assistant in the library.
(b) The mailwoman.
(c) A schoolteacher.
(d) A nurse.

5. Who is Control?
(a) Head of the British intelligence agency.
(b) The head of British technology.
(c) The guy who fixes Leamas' computer.
(d) Leamas' doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many days is Leamas sick while Liz nurses him back to health?

2. What fake item does Fiedler want from Leamas?

3. Where is Ashe's apartment located?

4. What do others call Leamas in respect to his relationship with alcohol after he quits working for British intelligence?

5. What person does Leamas think of and remember while being questioned by Peters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reaction does Liz have to George Smiley's visit?

2. How does Leamas react to what happens when Karl tries to cross the border in Chapter 1?

3. What can the reader conclude about Leamas' mission when George Smiley goes to visit Liz?

4. In Chapter 7, why does Leamas get a bit aggressive and state that he only wants to negotiate the deal with Kiever (instead of Ashe)?

5. How might the relationship between Miss Crail and Leamas be described? What makes it that way?

6. Does Leamas' personal life seem in conflict or in line with his professional life? Why?

7. Name 3 things you learn about Leamas in Chapter 1.

8. In Chapter 5, why does Leamas tell Liz to leave and never come back?

9. In Chapter 10, what is the character of Liz Gold beginning to represent?

10. What does Leamas think about his career on his flight to London to meet with Control?

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