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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the professor's reply when Ossipon asks if he has heard about the morning bomb explosion in Greenwich Park?
(a) That he had heard and was not surprised.
(b) That he was not surprised when he learned of it earlier that day.
(c) That he had not heard, but was not surprised.
(d) That he was surprised when he learned of it earlier that day.

2. When asked by Ossipon to describe the person who purchased the device, what is the professor's response?
(a) He provides a vague description.
(b) He provides Ossipon a first name.
(c) He provides a detailed description.
(d) He provides Ossipon a surname.

3. Where did The Professor get his nickname?
(a) He once taught chemistry at a university.
(b) He once taught chemistry at a secondary school.
(c) He once was a pharmaceutical technician.
(d) He once worked as an assistant at a technical school.

4. Who is usually privileged to sit in the horsehair armchair in the parlor?
(a) Mrs. Verloc's mother.
(b) Mrs. Verloc.
(c) Mrs. Verloc's sibling.
(d) Mr. Verloc.

5. What does Mr. Verloc stipulate will be required to carry out Vladimir's bomb plot?
(a) No further funds than the amount he receives monthly.
(b) No further funds at all.
(c) A large sum of money.
(d) A modest sum of money.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The bomb The Professor carries on his person at all times is designed to kill anyone within how many feet of him?

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

5. What is Mr. Verloc's usual schedule?

(see the answer key)

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