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Quiz about The Recruit
Quiz about The Recruit

Movie Quiz: The Recruit: 10 Questions | Movies


Colin Farrell and Al Pacino star in this 2003 spy thriller. Were you paying close enough attention to be a spy? Test yourself with this quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by tazman6619. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
tazman6619
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
323,886
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
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268
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Question 1 of 10
1. What company is Clayton, Colin Farrell's character, trying to impress at the beginning of the movie? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. We find out that Clayton had lived in three different countries as a child. Which one of the following is NOT one of those countries? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What is the CIA training facility called? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. At one point in the training, Burke, Al Pacino's character, tells the recruits about the highest position an agent can attain, becoming a NOC. What does NOC stand for? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Burke tells the recruits that if they are caught working as NOCs three things can happen to them. Of the following, which is NOT one of those three things? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Which Kurt Vonnegut book does Burke tell Clayton to read? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Burke mentions three historical CIA moles. Of the following which is NOT one of the three he mentions? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. According to Burke, what is Rule Number One? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Burke tells the recruits to do four things when out in the field. Three of the four are given below. Which one is NOT one of the four things? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. In the beginning Burke leads Clayton to believe that his father worked for the CIA before he died in a plane crash in Peru. Later on Burke tells him his father worked for Shell Oil as Clayton had always believed. Did Clayton's father work for the CIA?



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What company is Clayton, Colin Farrell's character, trying to impress at the beginning of the movie?

Answer: Dell

Clayton and his friends have developed software called Spartacus that allows them to control other devices from a distance. He demonstrates the software for a representative of Dell at a fair at MIT. After the demonstration the Dell representatvie asks if he can place Dell's logo on the Sony booth. Later on in the movie when Clayton thinks he has been dismissed from the CIA, he calls the recruiter while drunk.
2. We find out that Clayton had lived in three different countries as a child. Which one of the following is NOT one of those countries?

Answer: England

When Burke is explaining to Clayton why he would be good as an operative he says it is because he has lived abroad as a child. The three countries mentioned by name are Uzbekistan, Brunei, and Venezuela. Clayton's father worked for Shell Oil so his job would have taken him to all of these places.
3. What is the CIA training facility called?

Answer: The Farm

"The Farm" is the CIA training facility located in rural Virginia. In the movie the recruits are taken here to be trained in everything it takes to be a spy. Burke tells the recruits, "You have all just stepped through the looking glass. What you see, what you hear - nothing is what it seems."

In reality the base is called Camp Peary and is referred to officially as the Armed Forces Experimental Training Activity. Although it has this designation it is believed to be the secret training facility for the CIA.
4. At one point in the training, Burke, Al Pacino's character, tells the recruits about the highest position an agent can attain, becoming a NOC. What does NOC stand for?

Answer: Non-Official Cover Operative

There are two types of agents - Official Cover Operatives and Non-Official Cover Operatives. Official Cover Operatives get diplomatic immunity and work out of embassies or Langley. NOCs do not get any protection whatsoever. Burke says, "The NOC is the truest practitioner of espionage, always out there, always alone, unprotected."
5. Burke tells the recruits that if they are caught working as NOCs three things can happen to them. Of the following, which is NOT one of those three things?

Answer: Imprisoned

Burke mentions everything but imprisonment. He goes on to say that if a NOC is caught and the worst happens then no one will ever hear about it. Your name will merely become a star on a wall and a blank space in a book. When Clayton first enters Langley he notices the stars on the wall and sees that there is one there for 1990, the year his father died in Peru.
6. Which Kurt Vonnegut book does Burke tell Clayton to read?

Answer: Cat's Cradle

According to Burke, "Cat's Cradle" is the story of the discovery of a molecule in a chip of ice that turns all water it touches immediately into ice. Since all the water of the world is interconnected, it freezes and the world dies. The molecule is called Ice 9 and it is the name Langley gave to a computer virus that works much the same way.
7. Burke mentions three historical CIA moles. Of the following which is NOT one of the three he mentions?

Answer: Jonathan Pollard

Burke says that the CIA is so worried about threats from without that it never sees the threats from within. He mentions Ames, Nicholson, and Howard to prove his point. Pollard was a CIA mole but he was not mentioned by Burke.

Ames and Nicholson were both spies for the Soviet Union and Russia. Howard's case is a little more muddled but he too allegedly worked for the Soviets. Ames and Nicholson were both captured, Howard escaped to Russia. Pollard was a spy for Israel, not the Soviets and he too was captured.
8. According to Burke, what is Rule Number One?

Answer: Do not get caught

Several times in the movie Burke says his number one rule is don't get caught. One of the first tests is to enter a house and place bugs without getting caught. Only Clayton succeeds. Later on Clayton and Layla are captured while out on a surveillance mission. Clayton is taken and tortured until he reveals who his instructor is at "The Farm".

He is released from the program after his failure.
9. Burke tells the recruits to do four things when out in the field. Three of the four are given below. Which one is NOT one of the four things?

Answer: Conform

When asked what they do out in the field by Burke, the class in unison chants, "lmprovise, modify, adapt, overcome." Much like military training, the CIA training is meant to teach them to handle anything that comes at them. Right after this, Clayton and Layla are captured on their mission.

Although Clayton finally breaks and is dismissed from the CIA, Burke later tells him it was all a ruse. Burke says Clayton held out longer than anyone has in 15 years and that he has been chosen to be the NOC.
10. In the beginning Burke leads Clayton to believe that his father worked for the CIA before he died in a plane crash in Peru. Later on Burke tells him his father worked for Shell Oil as Clayton had always believed. Did Clayton's father work for the CIA?

Answer: Yes

While recruiting Clayton, Burke makes it seem like Clayton's father worked for the CIA. At one point he tells Clayton he met his father in the Falklands but that he didn't really know him. Burke says even if he did, he could not tell Clayton anything about what his father did.

In the final showdown Burke changes his story and says Clayton's father was never in the CIA. After Burke is killed and Clayton is driving back to Langley with CIA officer Slayne they have a conversation in which Slayne tells him, "You were born to do this, James.

It's in your blood." This is the same thing Burke told Clayton to confirm his father was in the CIA.
Source: Author tazman6619

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