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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. Who is Mundt?

2. What person does Leamas think of and remember while being questioned by Peters?

3. What does Peters bring with him when he returns to see Leamas in Chapter 10?

4. Of what descent is Fiedler?.

5. When Liz is visited by someone while Leamas is in prison, the visitor leaves what kind of impression with Liz?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what is the character of Liz Gold beginning to represent?

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

3. Name 3 things you learn about Leamas' life in Chapter 8.

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

5. Using at least 3 adjectives, describe the overall tone of Chapter 1.

6. When Fiedler asks Leamas about his political philosophy, how does Leamas respond?

7. Why does Leamas refuse to believe that there could have been a spy in East Germany that he didn't know about?

8. Most of Leamas' information about Fielder and Mundt is based on what?

9. In Chapter 5, why does Leamas tell Liz to leave and never come back?

10. In Chapter 3, is Leamas the spy the same person as Leamas the public man? Why or why not?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Complete a character analysis of one of the following characters: Liz, Leamas, Control, or Mundt. Make sure to address how their character changes throughout the story, what role their character plays in the story, and what significant things happen to them throughout the text. Additionally, make sure to use quotations from the text to provide evidence for your analysis.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast any two characters in the text. What makes them similar? What makes them different? Make sure to use examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book, we never learn Control's real name. Discuss three reasons why an author would choose not to have a character's real name ever mentioned in a book and what the effect is.

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