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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Verloc find his wife doing when he returns home immediately following his encounters with Mr. Wurmt and then Mr. Vladimir?
(a) Getting ready for bed.
(b) Serving dinner.
(c) Taking a nap.
(d) Working in the shop.

2. What does Mr. Verloc operate?
(a) A pornography shop.
(b) A tobacco shop.
(c) A butcher shop.
(d) A jewelry shop.

3. The Secret Agent is a novel centered on the attempt in 1894 to destroy what?
(a) Trafalgar Square.
(b) The Greenwich Observatory.
(c) Buckingham Palace.
(d) The London Bridge.

4. What is Mr. Vladimir's position?
(a) Ambassador.
(b) Prime minister.
(c) Privy councillor.
(d) First secretary.

5. What is Mr. Verloc's usual schedule?
(a) Mr. Verloc has no usual schedule.
(b) He turns in early at night, then gets up before the crack of dawn.
(c) He stays up very late at night, then sleeps in until around noon.
(d) He goes to bed by 10 o'clock at night, then does not awaken until around 7 o'clock in the morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to Winnie and Stevie, who else lives with Mr. Verloc?

2. What is one reason Mr. Verloc is unconcerned when he leaves his shop in the care of someone else?

3. Whom does Mr. Vladimir propose Mr. Verloc enlist in order to accomplish Vladimir's bomb plot?

4. A bombing of what facility does Mr. Vladimir suggest would create fear and provoke a reaction toward change?

5. What does Mr. Verloc plan to do if he stops receiving monthly paychecks from the embassy?

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