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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the assistant commissioner's action with the secretary of state's private secretary early in the evening of the Greenwich Park bombing?
(a) He accepts several more cigars and they exchange a few brief comments on a national sporting team before he departs.
(b) They exchange a few brief comments on the case and a current bill concerning fisheries before the assistant commissioner departs.
(c) He accepts his hat and outer coat that he took off upon arrival, and utters only a quick word of thanks before departing.
(d) He arranges a note be sent to his wife regarding his inability that evening to accompany her to the home of her friend for dinner.

3. After Winnie's mother has moved, Mrs. Verloc attempts to convey her concerns that Stevie will soon become depressed. Mr. Verloc tells her to bring in a neighbor woman to assist her because he will be where?
(a) He will be leaving London for France for a school reunion and to visit friends in the coming weeks.
(b) He will be leaving the country to conduct business in the coming weeks.
(c) He will be leaving the country to visit an old friend in the coming weeks
(d) He will be going out of town to buy property in the coming weeks.

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

5. What is Mr. Verloc's initial response to his wife's request concerning Stevie, in Chapter 9?
(a) While she has made no such request before, his wife's asking now is no surprise given her emotions lately.
(b) He is not surprised, as his wife has made such requests several times before.
(c) Although his wife has not made such a request previously, he is not surprised now that her mother has left.
(d) He is surprised, as his wife has never made such a request previously.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mr. Verloc's shop located?

2. What does the assistant commissioner observe at the restaurant he has dinner at on the evening of the Greenwich Park explosion?

3. What is the reason Mr. Verloc offers for Stevie accompanying him on a little country vacation?

4. What does Winnie silently promise herself after Stevie's encounter with the cab driver?

5. What is the primary reason the assistant commissioner left his position as police chief in a small province for his current position?

(see the answer key)

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