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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. What does Peters bring with him when he returns to see Leamas in Chapter 10?
2. Who does Leamas meet in Chapter 8?
3. Who is Alex Leamas?
4. While Peters is talking to Leamas, what does Peters remain convinced of?
5. When originally being questioned by Fiedler, who does Leamas begin to think might be the secret agent Control is trying to protect?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Leamas spend his time in prison after attacking the grocer?
2. When Fiedler asks Leamas about his political philosophy, how does Leamas respond?
3. Name 3 things you learn about Leamas' life in Chapter 8.
4. How might the relationship between Miss Crail and Leamas be described? What makes it that way?
5. How does Leamas react to what happens when Karl tries to cross the border in Chapter 1?
6. Leamas sees something when he leaves Liz's apartment after spending the night for the first time. What does it tell Leamas?
7. Why does Leamas refuse to believe that there could have been a spy in East Germany that he didn't know about?
8. Who does Leamas assume is behind his story and picture being in the paper?
9. Why does Kiever make Leamas' fake passport expire so soon?
10. What does Leamas' political philosophy (or lack thereof) symbolize?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the book, we never learn Control's real name. Discuss three reasons why an author would choose not to have a character's real name ever mentioned in a book and what the effect is.
Essay Topic 2
Who is duped the most in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold: Liz, Leamas, Fiedler, or the reader? Provide at least 3 examples from the text to support your argument.
Essay Topic 3
Liz, Leamas, and Fiedler all experience a significant moment of clarity in the story, when they realize that an organization or institution they idolized is not what they thought it was. Describe the key moment for each of these characters, using examples and quotations from the text, and then explain what literary devices le Carre uses to convey the moment of clarity that each of them experiences.
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