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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. What is the name of the library where Leamas gets a job?
(a) London City Library.
(b) Berlin Community Library.
(c) University of London Library.
(d) Bayswater Library for Psychic Research.

2. Which of the following is the best description of Leamas' appearance after he leaves British intelligence?
(a) Very conservative.
(b) Very non-traditional.
(c) Clean and respectable.
(d) Dirty and unkempt.

3. Leamas is supposed to mention his final mission to:
(a) His employees, since they have to support him.
(b) Absolutely no one.
(c) His mother only.
(d) His mother and wife only.

4. What fake item does Fiedler want from Leamas?
(a) Fake signature.
(b) Fake moustache.
(c) Fake gold ring.
(d) Fake passport.

5. Who is Pitt?
(a) A man at the post office.
(b) A man at the Labor Exchange.
(c) Leamas' old rival.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What people does Control tell Leamas to look up before starting his new mission?

2. Who is Peter Gulliam?

3. When did Leamas' spy career begin?

4. Who is Mundt?

5. While talking to Peters in the Hague, Leamas tells Peters of a top-secret operation. What was its code name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Leamas need his life and his mistakes to be so public in Chapter 3?

2. What helps Leamas the most in his creation of a public persona in Chapter 3? How does it help him?

3. Does Leamas' personal life seem in conflict or in line with his professional life? Why?

4. Who does Leamas assume is behind his story and picture being in the paper?

5. What logistics does Kiever have covered at the end of Chapter 7?

6. In Chapter 12, what does Leamas remember about Controls' advice regarding Fiedler?

7. Based on the description of Leamas in Chapter 2, list 3 adjectives that describe him physically.

8. How does Leamas spend his time in prison after attacking the grocer?

9. Leamas sees something when he leaves Liz's apartment after spending the night for the first time. What does it tell Leamas?

10. In Chapter 7, why does Leamas get a bit aggressive and state that he only wants to negotiate the deal with Kiever (instead of Ashe)?

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