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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 Guilliam's girlfriend?

2. What do the janitors call Toby?

3. Where is the scalp hunters' headquarters?

4. Who establishes the Adriatic Working Party?

5. What does Tarr find that Irina leaves him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Smiley memorize cars in his London neighborhood?

2. Why does Control stop working with the Circus?

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

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

5. Describe the reports that Alleline turns in that secure his job as the head of the Circus.

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

7. Why does Tarr believe that Boris is a professional agent and not a trade delegate?

8. How does Smiley first meet Karla?

9. How is Connie able to help Smiley?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What role does Peter Guilliam play in the story? How does he help Smiley find the moles? What does it signify that he does everything Smiley tells him to do, including breaching procedures? Do you think it is important that his father was a spy for the British?

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of all the interviews Smiley does? Why is it important that he must rely on recollections of others to solve his mystery? Cite three instances where Smiley must rely on interviews for information and tell how each one is significant and how each drives the plot.

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