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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Stevie's age?
(a) Infant.
(b) Middle-aged.
(c) Older than Winnie.
(d) Younger than Mr. Verloc.

2. 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.
(a) He enjoys a big homemade dinner and speaks in an unconcerned manner with his family.
(b) He goes to a local tavern after dinner for a couple of glasses of beer.
(c) He seeks advice from Stevie on the matter.
(d) He sulks and worries.

3. In which year does the actual incident on which this novel is based take place?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1948,
(c) 1894.
(d) 1949.

4. Where is Mr. Verloc's shop located?
(a) Toward the front of his large, stone home.
(b) Toward the front of his small, brick home.
(c) In a shop one block from his brick home.
(d) It covers the entire first floor of his frame home.

5. What are the items usually sold when young men come in the shop for their first time and find Winnie at the counter?
(a) Engagement and wedding rings.
(b) Small pets such as puppies and kittens.
(c) Expensive pipes and cigarette holders.
(d) Inks and plain papers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mr. Verloc live before he got married?

2. What is Winnie's attitude toward Stevie?

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

4. The Secret Agent is a novel centered on the attempt in 1894 to destroy what?

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?

(see the answer key)

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