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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is the spy named in the title of The Secret Agent?
(a) Mr. Wurmt.
(b) Mr. Verloc.
(c) Mrs. Verloc.
(d) Mr. Vladimir.
2. 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) A large sum of money.
(c) A modest sum of money.
(d) No further funds at all.
3. A bombing of what facility does Mr. Vladimir suggest would create fear and provoke a reaction toward change?
(a) A stock exchange.
(b) A science center.
(c) An embassy.
(d) An arts institution.
4. What is Mr. Wurmt initially carrying in his meeting with Mr. Verloc?
(a) An armload of reports.
(b) An armload of maps and drawings.
(c) An armload of newspapers.
(d) An armload of money.
5. Mr. Vladimir tells Mr. Verloc he reviewed his past reports, that they are inadequate as no action has been taken, and indicates that he views the latter's role toward achieving an explosion to be what?
(a) An agent provocateur, one associating with suspected individuals and pretending to side with them to provoke them into an incriminating deed.
(b) An agent courier, a messenger designated to relay information to an espionage or underground organization.
(c) An agent espionage, one under the employment of a government in the role of spying to gain political information.
(d) An agent emissaire, a representative sent on a special mission, in this instance one of a clandestine nature.
Short Answer Questions
1. In which year does the actual incident on which this novel is based take place?
2. Whom does this story center on?
3. What does Mr. Verloc find his wife doing when he returns home immediately following his encounters with Mr. Wurmt and then Mr. Vladimir?
4. What are the items usually sold when young men come in the shop for their first time and find Winnie at the counter?
5. What does Mr. Verloc do when he returns home immediately after the meeting with Mr. Vladimir in which he learns his monthly income checks are in jeopardy.
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