Quiz  /  Quiz: The Writing of John le Carré

  • 1. 
    What was John le Carré first published book?

  • The Deadly Affair
  • The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
  • Call for the Dead
  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

  • 2. 
    John le Carré is a pseudonym. What is the author’s real name?

  • Mary Ann Evans
  • Samuel Langhorne Clemens
  • Currer Bell
  • David John Moore Cornwell

  • 3. 
    What famous character did Call for the Dead introduce?

  • John Watson
  • Hercule Poirot
  • George Smiley
  • Alec Leamas

  • 4. 
    Which of le Carré’s books centered on an aging British intelligence agent ordered to discredit an East German official?

  • A Perfect Spy
  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
  • The Night Manager
  • The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

  • 5. 
    What is the 1974 novel where le Carré returned to his original protagonist, George Smiley?

  • The Honourable Schoolboy
  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
  • Our Game
  • The Russia House

  • 6. 
    Which le Carré novel follows the efforts of a terrorist to conceal himself in Hamburg?

  • The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
  • Our Kind of Traitor
  • A Most Wanted Man
  • A Delicate Truth

  • 7. 
    Which le Carré novel is an espionage tale set in 2018 that incorporates topical events like “Brexit?”

  • Agent Running in the Field
  • A Legacy of Spies
  • Absolute Friends
  • The Constant Gardener
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