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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 is Steve?
(a) The Paris contact.
(b) The China contact.
(c) The Ireland contact.
(d) The Russia contact.

2. Where does the press incorrectly say Jim, a British spy, was shot?
(a) Ostrava.
(b) Pilsen.
(c) Prague.
(d) Liberec.

3. In what year does Haydon receive Soviet citizenship?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1961.

4. Smiley wants to know how Toby knows about what?
(a) Tinker and Tailor.
(b) The Circus.
(c) Witchcraft.
(d) Gerald.

5. Who does Smiley tell the Minister they need to stop negotiating with?
(a) The Russians.
(b) The mafia.
(c) The Americans.
(d) The Chinese.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "I can't think, I'm so furious"?

2. Whose voice comes on the duty officer's radio once music stops?

3. Who says, "I won't be quoted, George."?

4. What does Smiley tell Guilliam to do at the end of Chapter 34?

5. During the bust at the safe house, who seems indifferent to everything taking place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tarr hold the Paris contact at gunpoint?

2. Why does Haydon say he had an affair with Ann?

3. What happens when Jerry tells Toby about the story a man in Prague tells him about Jim?

4. What does Jim tell Max about their covers in preparation for their big mission?

5. Why does Smiley visit Haydon's girlfriend?

6. Why does Smiley visit Sam?

7. What does Smiley tell Toby at the safe house is the only thing he wants to know about?

8. What does Smiley figure out that Karla wanted from Jim?

9. How does Smiley confront Haydon and Polyakov?

10. Why does Jim consider fleeing from the school where he works?

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