1. Which member of the International Red Committee rambles at the beginning of their meeting?
(a) Michaelis.
(b) Ossipon.
(c) Mr. Verloc.
(d) Yundt.

2. 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) Working in the shop.
(c) Taking a nap.
(d) Serving dinner.

3. Who does the assistant commissioner find outside the Verloc pornography shop on the evening of the Greenwich Park bombing?
(a) A police officer walking past on his beat.
(b) Bright streetlamps offering little place to hide.
(c) A stocky, middle-aged male just leaving
(d) An individual closing the shop up.

4. When Mr. Verloc first met Winnie, what were she and her family operating?
(a) A pub.
(b) A diner.
(c) A boarding house.
(d) A butcher shop.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does the assistant commissioner recall from his first encounter with Michaelis?

3. What reason does the assistant commissioner give the secretary of state to have Heat removed from the investigation of that explosion?

4. In Chapter 9, when does Mr. Verloc return from his trip?

5. What is Winnie concerned about while Mr. Verloc is on his trip in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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