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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although initially insisting he works independently, the professor eventually confesses that he recently had sold what?
(a) A bomb concealed in a backpack.
(b) A bomb concealed in a varnish can.
(c) A bomb concealed in a briefcase.
(d) A bomb concealed in a lunch basket.

2. What goal does Mr. Vladimir hope to achieve?
(a) An event that will excite London's middle class.
(b) An event that will excite London's privileged upper class.
(c) An event that will excite Paris's middle class.
(d) An event that will excite London's lower working class.

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) Expensive pipes and cigarette holders.
(b) Small pets such as puppies and kittens.
(c) Inks and plain papers.
(d) Engagement and wedding rings.

4. What does the assistant commissioner recall from his first encounter with Michaelis?
(a) That Michaelis was uncharming and virtually incomprehensible.
(b) That Michaelis was very charming and articulate.
(c) That Michaelis was clearly a womanizer who drank heavily and gambled endlessly.
(d) That Michaelis was reluctant to tell his story about being convicted for murder.

5. What are the Red Committee members doing during their meeting?
(a) Discussing capitalism and socialism.
(b) Discussing the ideal target for a bombing.
(c) Developing plans for assembling a bomb.
(d) Discussing Mr. Verloc's previous meeting with Mr. Vladimir.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the professor's position on the social issues that spurs Mr. Verloc and his Red Committee friends?

3. What is the secretary of state's response to the assistant commissioner's request to have Heat removed from the investigation of the Greenwich Park explosion?

4. What two things did Heat learn several months subsequent to his first encountering Mr. Verloc, when Heat again saw Mr. Verloc and the latter was followed?

5. Who does the assistant commissioner send a note to before he departs his office for the second time on the evening of the Greenwich Park explosion?

(see the answer key)

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