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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. Wurmt initially carrying in his meeting with Mr. Verloc?
(a) An armload of money.
(b) An armload of maps and drawings.
(c) An armload of newspapers.
(d) An armload of reports.

2. Regarding Stevie wandering away, what does Mrs. Verloc assure her husband?
(a) She knows Stevie shall find his way back by himself if necessary.
(b) She knows Stevie shall stick by Mr. Verloc very closely.
(c) She knows Stevie has never gotten lost before.
(d) She knows Stevie shall ask a police officer for assistance if necessary.

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

4. What does Heat do when making his incomplete, initial report on the Greenwich Park explosion to the assistant commissioner and he is pressured to open up?
(a) Heat only reveals Mrs. Verloc was on the train from Maze Hill.
(b) Heat reveals his displeasure with his supervisor and nothing more.
(c) Heat maintains he has no information about Michaelis.
(d) Heat reveals the item he obtained from the coroner's office.

5. When the assistant commissioner speaks with him early in the evening of the Greenwich Park blast, the secretary of state is in what condition?
(a) Acceptable, as it had been an easy workday.
(b) Fine, as a secretary handled many administrative matters.
(c) Exhausted, having worked throughout the entire day.
(d) Well-rested, having taken a nap in the afternoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to Winnie and Stevie, who else lives with Mr. Verloc?

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

3. What does The Professor tell Ossipon he carries in his pocket should the police try to arrest him?

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

5. What is Ossipon's reaction upon learning from a paperboy of the Greenwich Park bombing?

(see the answer key)

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