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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. Verloc told by Mr. Wurmt when they have their meeting at the embassy?
(a) That more detailed diagrams are required.
(b) That writing alone is no longer enough.
(c) That the information he provides is superior and rates a higher payment.
(d) That more detailed photographs are required.

2. Heat's supervisor promptly takes which action upon hearing of Michaelis's name in connection with the Greenwich Park bomb investigation?
(a) After dismissing Heat, he dwells on thoughts of the three other club members whom he routinely plays a whist game with.
(b) Dismisses Heat abruptly and then falls into his desk chair thinking about this subject.
(c) Turns his back to Heat and dismisses him from the office a few minutes later thinking about this subject.
(d) Abruptly dismisses a vague memory of a whist game he participates in daily at his club.

3. 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) Inks and plain papers.
(c) Expensive pipes and cigarette holders.
(d) Small pets such as puppies and kittens.

4. Whom does this story center on?
(a) A hateful husband, his young and beautiful wife, and her son from a previous marriage.
(b) A devoted husband, his beautiful and young wife, and her brother.
(c) A devoted husband, his beautiful and young wife, and his brother.
(d) A devoted husband, his older wife, and his son from a previous marriage.

5. What does Heat tell the assistant commissioner that the coroner suspects regarding the fatality at the Greenwich Park explosion?
(a) That the person killed is the older, stocky male and the other individual left the scene prior to the explosion.
(b) That the person killed is the thinner, dark-haired male and the other individual left the scene prior to the explosion.
(c) That the person killed is the fair-haired male and the other individual left the scene prior to the explosion.
(d) That the person killed is the fair-haired female and the other individual left the scene prior to the explosion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the occupation of Lombroso?

3. Where do Mr. Wurmt and Mr. Verloc have their single meeting in the story?

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

5. Which phrase best describes Winnie?

(see the answer key)

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