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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. Why does Bland take a desk job in London?
(a) He is getting very old.
(b) He is demoted after being involved in a scandal.
(c) He has a nervous breakdown.
(d) He is shot.

2. Whom does Guilliam tell everything he has learned at Brixton at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Mendel.
(b) Tarr.
(c) Toby.
(d) Bland.

3. What is the name of Tarr's daughter?
(a) Minnie.
(b) Annie.
(c) Danny.
(d) Sally.

4. Where does Guilliam go to search for documents?
(a) The Moscow Archives.
(b) The Circus Archives.
(c) The Paris Embassy.
(d) The Brixton Archives.

5. What does the person who calls Smiley at the end of Chapter 19 want?
(a) To deflect.
(b) To have an emergency meeting.
(c) To request a ransom.
(d) To get information about Ellis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Aleks?

2. What does Smiley think about Irina's diary?

3. What do the janitors call Toby?

4. What is the name of the hotel proprietor where Smiley sets up his headquarters?

5. How many weeks does Alleline go between producing his first report and the three more he does later?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Smiley discover in nine reports that Guilliam brings him?

2. What makes Bill Roach sick?

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

4. What tasks does Guilliam perform for Smiley at Brixton?

5. Why is the Matron worried about Bill Roach?

6. Why does Lacon apologize to Smiley after he hears about the contents of Irina's diary?

7. How does Bill Roach feel about himself as the novel opens?

8. Why does Tarr think should Irina should defect as soon as possible?

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

10. What is the form that Alleline makes Guilliam sign?

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