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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Winding the Clock: Chapter 11, Shanghai Express, and Chapter 12, Resurrecting Ricardo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't Smiley tell Lacon about the Hong Kong Bank pictures?
(a) His secretary sends him away.
(b) Lacon sends him away.
(c) He doesn't have enough proof yet.
(d) It's too late to go to his office.

2. Why is Jerry nervous about going to Hong Kong?
(a) He doesn't know anything about the assignment.
(b) He doesn't speak the language.
(c) He doesn't have any money.
(d) He is supposed to be somewhere else.

3. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what does Smiley do with some of the retired agents?
(a) Cuts their benefits.
(b) Has them interrogated.
(c) Gives them a raise.
(d) Calls them back to duty.

4. When Craw and Phoebe go out to dinner in Part 1, Chapter 9, what does Phoebe mostly talk about?
(a) The people she writes about.
(b) The spying she used to do.
(c) The newspaper she works for.
(d) The spying she wants to do.

5. What does Frost do while Jerry takes pictures at the Hong Kong bank?
(a) He tells him to hurry up.
(b) He shakes his head.
(c) He waits outside.
(d) He closes his eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sam Collins confirm about a bank account when Smiley's team questions him?

2. Whose job did George Smiley take over?

3. How long do the American agents agree to wait before taking over the Dolphin case?

4. How does Smiley describe Elizabeth Worthington's parents?

5. How does Mr. Hibbert describe Nelson's arm when he first met him?

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