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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 talking to Peters in the Hague, Leamas tells Peters of a top-secret operation. What was its code name?
2. What does Leamas do to the grocer when he refuses Leamas' request?
3. After he stops working for British intelligence, where does Leamas live?
4. What kind of document does Fiedler use to try to learn more about the secret agent?
5. Where does Leamas request he be sent after he officially defects?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Fiedler asks Leamas about his political philosophy, how does Leamas respond?
2. Name 3 things you learn about Leamas' life in Chapter 8.
3. Why does Leamas need his life and his mistakes to be so public in Chapter 3?
4. Why does Leamas refuse to believe that there could have been a spy in East Germany that he didn't know about?
5. Most of Leamas' information about Fielder and Mundt is based on what?
6. What can the reader conclude about Leamas' mission when George Smiley goes to visit Liz?
7. How might the relationship between Miss Crail and Leamas be described? What makes it that way?
8. In Chapter 10, what is the character of Liz Gold beginning to represent?
9. Using at least 3 adjectives, describe the overall tone of Chapter 1.
10. Does Leamas' personal life seem in conflict or in line with his professional life? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The truth can be hard to find within The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. While finding the truth is part of the plot, it also proves to be a challenge for the reader. Select three "facts" that the reader must assume, at the beginning of the story, are true in order for the rest of the book to be believable. Then show, using specific examples from the text, how those "facts" are later proven to be untrue, and how le Carre exposes their falsity.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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