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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What route does Red Committee group member Michaelis say is the answer to the current social ills?
(a) Emotion and riotous action are essential and knowledge is unhelpful.
(b) Patience and action through the arts, sciences, and education.
(c) Maintaining a stable economic status.
(d) Bombing of scientific institutions.

4. What reaction does Heat's supervisor have upon initially hearing of Michaelis's connection with the Greenwich Park explosion investigation?
(a) He is glad.
(b) He smiles briefly.
(c) He chuckles mockingly.
(d) He is irritated.

5. What is Stevie's reaction upon hearing the Red Committee discussion that took place in the Verloc residence regarding social reform?
(a) He is greatly upset.
(b) He does not understand what the discussion is about.
(c) He could not care less.
(d) He believes the discussion is a waste of time.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the professor traveling while amazed at the sense of security those around him feel, unaware they could all be blown up at any time?

2. Who is the spy named in the title of The Secret Agent?

3. Whom does this story center on?

4. Where does the professor initially encounter Chief Inspector Heat while the latter is conducting his inspection of the Greenwich Park explosion?

5. What does the hand of the professor tighten upon as he encounters Heat for the first time?

(see the answer key)

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