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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After stabbing Mr Verloc, Winnie's reaction is to what?
(a) To make no sound at all beyond gathering her purse and walking calmly to the door.
(b) To let out a faint shriek, snatch quickly at her skirts, and run to the door.
(c) To let out a loud scream, faint, and fall to the floor.
(d) To begin sobbing uncontrolably and fall to her knees beside Mr. Verloc's body.

2. What is Mr. Vladimir's position?
(a) Prime minister.
(b) First secretary.
(c) Ambassador.
(d) Privy councillor.

3. Who is the spy named in the title of The Secret Agent?
(a) Mr. Wurmt.
(b) Mrs. Verloc.
(c) Mr. Vladimir.
(d) Mr. Verloc.

4. When the assistant commissioner speaks with him early in the evening of the Greenwich Park blast, the secretary of state is in what condition?
(a) Exhausted, having worked throughout the entire day.
(b) Fine, as a secretary handled many administrative matters.
(c) Well-rested, having taken a nap in the afternoon.
(d) Acceptable, as it had been an easy workday.

5. To which neighborhood does the Assistant Commissioner travel quickly by hansom from Soho on the evening of the Greenwich Park blast?
(a) Lancaster.
(b) Buckingham.
(c) Westminster.
(d) Greenwich Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the assistant commissioner feel in regard to his conversation with Mr. Verloc on the evening of the Greenwich Park explosion?

2. What route does Red Committee group member Michaelis say is the answer to the current social ills?

3. After Winnie's mother has moved, Mrs. Verloc attempts to convey her concerns that Stevie will soon become depressed. Mr. Verloc tells her to bring in a neighbor woman to assist her because he will be where?

4. When asked by Ossipon to describe the person who purchased the device, what is the professor's response?

5. Following the meeting of Mr. Verloc with his Red Committee friends, what does Mrs. Verloc do?

(see the answer key)

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