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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the professor traveling while amazed at the sense of security those around him feel, unaware they could all be blown up at any time?
(a) Riding aboard a train amongst other passengers.
(b) Riding in a tram car with other passengers aboard.
(c) Riding in a horse-drawn carriage down a crowded street.
(d) Walking down a street past other people.

2. What does the assistant commissioner recall from his first encounter with Michaelis?
(a) That Michaelis was reluctant to tell his story about being convicted for murder.
(b) That Michaelis was very charming and articulate.
(c) That Michaelis was uncharming and virtually incomprehensible.
(d) That Michaelis was clearly a womanizer who drank heavily and gambled endlessly.

3. What does Heat do when making his incomplete, initial report on the Greenwich Park explosion to the assistant commissioner and he is pressured to open up?
(a) Heat reveals his displeasure with his supervisor and nothing more.
(b) Heat maintains he has no information about Michaelis.
(c) Heat reveals the item he obtained from the coroner's office.
(d) Heat only reveals Mrs. Verloc was on the train from Maze Hill.

4. Where do Mr. Wurmt and Mr. Verloc have their single meeting in the story?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Berlin.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

5. How long before the bombing does Winnie's mother move from the Verloc residence into the charity home?
(a) A couple of days.
(b) Several months.
(c) Approximately a year.
(d) A few weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which nation is Mr. Vladimir an agent for?

2. Who is usually privileged to sit in the horsehair armchair in the parlor?

3. What is Stevie's reaction when the cab driver starts whipping the horse during the ride to his mother's charity home?

4. What does Winnie explain to Stevie about the purpose of the police when he states they should do something for the poor?

5. As he investigates the Greenwich Park explosion, what is Heat's reaction when he initially eyes the professor?

(see the answer key)

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