1. In chapter 7, what does the assistant commissioner ensure when he returns to his office following his evening meeting with the secretary of state?
(a) That no one can observe the assistant commissioner executing his plan.
(b) That surveillance is placed on the Verloc shop.
(c) That an investigator is assigned to follow Heat.
(d) That Heat has already departed for his home.

2. Who is the patroness of Michaelis?
(a) The wife of the assistant commissioner's supervisor.
(b) A good friend of the assistant commissioner's wife.
(c) The wife of the secretary of state.
(d) Someone the assistant commissioner's wife merely knows of.

3. What is one reason Mr. Verloc is unconcerned when he leaves his shop in the care of someone else?
(a) Stevie is totally reliable.
(b) Mr. Verloc can be easily reached if necessary.
(c) The shop is left with a friend who is a retired jeweler.
(d) The shop draws little business.

4. 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) Bombing of scientific institutions.
(c) Patience and action through the arts, sciences, and education.
(d) Maintaining a stable economic status.

5. How does Mr. Verloc feel upon returning from his trip taken shortly after his mother-in-law moved into a charity home?
(a) He has set his troubles completely aside and out of his mind.
(b) While not forgotten, he is no longer preoccupied by his troubles.
(c) He remains preoccupied by his troubles as he was before.
(d) He can now handle new and old matters without a problem.