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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Leamas is in prison, who comes to visit Liz?

2. Who are the Vopos?

3. During the first part of Leamas' questioning, Peters disappears. How long is Peters gone for?

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

5. While talking to Peters in the Hague, Leamas tells Peters of a top-secret operation. What was its code name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who does Leamas assume is behind his story and picture being in the paper?

4. Why does Leamas take a long, complicated route when he meets up with his contact after being released from prison?

5. 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)?

6. Why does Kiever make Leamas' fake passport expire so soon?

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

8. What shooting rule do the West German guards operate under?

9. What logistics does Kiever have covered at the end of Chapter 7?

10. What do Leamas' interactions with other people in Chapter 2 tell the reader about his character?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The shifting control of power, or at least the perception of such control, is one of several factors holding a very delicately balanced story together. Choose the character whom you believe has the most power throughout the novel, using at least 3 examples from the text to support your argument.

Essay Topic 2

Complete a character analysis of one of the following characters: Liz, Leamas, Control, or Mundt. Make sure to address how their character changes throughout the story, what role their character plays in the story, and what significant things happen to them throughout the text. Additionally, make sure to use quotations from the text to provide evidence for your analysis.

Essay Topic 3

Violence plays a very significant role in a major turning point in the text, when Leamas is attacked, bound, and presented to Mundt. Write an essay discussing the use of violence in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. What could have been accomplished without the use of violence? What could not have been accomplished if all violence was eliminated? Make sure to use examples from the text to support your argument.

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