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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 is the name of the teacher Jim steals from?

2. What does Smiley see in his house that lets him know Guilliam is there?

3. Who has an affair with Smiley's wife?

4. Whom is Guilliam's girlfriend married to?

5. Whom does Irina confess her love for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Smiley discover about Toby when studying the Operation Witchcraft financial figures?

2. Why does Lacon become upset with Smiley in Chapter 15?

3. Why does Control stop working with the Circus?

4. Why is the Matron worried about Bill Roach?

5. What does Irina confess to Tarr during their time in Hong Kong?

6. How does Jim react when a stranger comes to Thursgood's?

7. Why does Tarr become angry and lunge at Smiley?

8. Why is Smiley suspicious about Tarr during their conversation in Chapter 9?

9. How does Smiley first meet Karla?

10. Why does Alleline want to know if Guilliam has met with Tarr?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does Karla play in the story? Do you think he is the true villain of the story? Why or why not? How do people talk about him? Why is it important that he never actually appears in present time line of the story, and he is only referred to in the recollections of others?

Essay Topic 2

Look at the character Jerry. How does the author portray Jerry? How does the narrator characterize him? How does Jerry interact with Smiley? What new information does his conversation with Smiley reveal? How does he help to move the story's plot along? Do you think his job as a journalist is significant? Why or why not? Use examples from the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What role does Connie Sachs play in the story? What purpose does she serve? How does she help move the narrative of the story along? Why do you think Smiley puts so much trust in her? How do you think the story would be different without her?

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