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

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

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

4. What does Leamas tell Fiedler about Liz?
(a) That he's going to ask her to marry him.
(b) That he wants her brought to East Berlin.
(c) That she has a pretty sister Fiedler can date, too.
(d) That she cannot be brought into the mission for any reason.

5. How does Leamas react to Fiedler when Fiedler mentions Liz?
(a) He pleads with Fiedler to let him visit Liz.
(b) He starts to cry for the first time in the novel.
(c) He asks Fiedler to deliver his secret letter.
(d) He gets very angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Mundt's trial, what does Fiedler bring Leamas to the stand to explain?

2. What is the Praesidium?

3. After being sent the document with Leamas' forged signature, how does the bank reply?

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

5. What does Mundt's representative argue during the trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Leamas' reaction to Mundt when he begins to be interrogated by him?

2. What major choice does Leamas make as he and Liz are crossing the border?

3. What does Mundt want to know about George Smiley while Mundt is interrogating Leamas?

4. What incriminating piece of evidence does Liz disclose at Mundt's trial?

5. At the end of Chapter 20, how is Leamas feeling about his mission?

6. Why does Leamas react the way that he does when Fiedler mentions Liz for the first time?

7. Does Liz trust the Communist party? Use at least one example from Chapter 15 to support your answer.

8. Why doesn't Leamas question the response from the bank in Chapter 14?

9. What might Liz's disenchantment about the Community Party foreshadow?

10. What does Leamas realize about Mundt at the end of Mundt's trial?

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