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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What agitates Stevie at breakfast on the morning Mr. Verloc returns from his trip?
(a) When a neighbor woman starts complaining about the discrimination in not allowing woman an equal vote.
(b) When a neighbor man starts complaining about the poor not being granted basic health care, and education and occupational training opportunities.
(c) When a neighbor woman starts complaining about the difficulties in raising children with little money.
(d) When a neighbor woman starts complaining about the difficulties in raising children with little governmental support.

2. What takes place when the Red Committee discussion at the Verloc residence is finished?
(a) The three guest members depart to play billiards while Mr. Verloc straighten his shop.
(b) The four members play cards and enjoy some cigars.
(c) The four members head to the neighborhood beer-hall for a few brews.
(d) The guest members take their leave, and Mr. Verloc gratefully sees them out.

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

4. 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 his hat and outer coat that he took off upon arrival, and utters only a quick word of thanks before departing.
(b) They exchange a few brief comments on the case and a current bill concerning fisheries before the assistant commissioner departs.
(c) 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.
(d) He accepts several more cigars and they exchange a few brief comments on a national sporting team before he departs.

5. Where is Mr. Verloc's shop located?
(a) Toward the front of his large, stone home.
(b) It covers the entire first floor of his frame home.
(c) Toward the front of his small, brick home.
(d) In a shop one block from his brick home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the International Red Committee rambles at the beginning of their meeting?

2. Following the meeting of Mr. Verloc with his Red Committee friends, what does Mrs. Verloc do?

3. Which nation is Mr. Vladimir an agent for?

4. What is Stevie's reaction when the cab driver starts whipping the horse during the ride to his mother's charity home?

5. Who does the assistant commissioner find outside the Verloc pornography shop on the evening of the Greenwich Park bombing?

(see the answer key)

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