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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does The Professor tell Ossipon he carries in his pocket should the police try to arrest him?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A knife.
(c) A detonator.
(d) Poison.

2. What is the secretary of state's response to the assistant commissioner's request to have Heat removed from the investigation of the Greenwich Park explosion?
(a) He retains Heat on the case and directs the assistant commissioner to participate in the investigation personally as well.
(b) He dismisses Heat and directs the Assistant Commissioner to assign other investigators under his direct supervision to the case.
(c) He dismisses Heat and directs the assistant commissioner to report back to him that same night.
(d) He dismisses Heat and directs the assistant commissioner to report back to him within forty-eight hours.

3. What sort of restaurant does the assistant commissioner eat dinner at on the evening of the Greenwich Park blast?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Italian.
(c) Greek.
(d) French.

4. In chapter 7, what does the assistant commissioner ensure when he returns to his office following his evening meeting with the secretary of state?
(a) That Heat has already departed for his home.
(b) That surveillance is placed on the Verloc shop.
(c) That no one can observe the assistant commissioner executing his plan.
(d) That an investigator is assigned to follow Heat.

5. What is it the professor tells Ossipon he must sometimes do in seeking his goal?
(a) Seek funds from revolutionary groups.
(b) Work various extra jobs to pay for bomb components.
(c) Skip meals for a day or two, as bomb components are expensive.
(d) Rent a very small apartment and scrimp on money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the professor's position on the social issues that spurs Mr. Verloc and his Red Committee friends?

2. Once having interviewed Mr. Verloc, what is it that the assistant commissioner quickly stresses to the secretary of state that he learned during his investigation regarding the Greenwich Park bombing?

3. What does the professor say his sole goal in life is?

4. What is the assistant commissioner's response to the secretary of state's decision to have Heat removed from the investigation of the Greenwich Park explosion?

5. What reason does the assistant commissioner give the secretary of state to have Heat removed from the investigation of that explosion?

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