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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. Verloc's reaction to his mother-in-law's decision to move out?
(a) He is troubled only because Winnie has made it clear she is very concerned.
(b) It does not actually matter much to him, and he is relatively unaffected.
(c) He is grateful there is but one of his wife's family he now must be concerned.
(d) While there is one less mouth to feed, it bothers him that there is also one less to aid in Stevie's care.

2. Red Committee member Ossipon expresses what opinion regarding the state of social ills?
(a) Emotion, not education, is the answer, and action needs to be taken.
(b) Constant financial undermining of the poor is the answer.
(c) Agitation in Third World nations is an aid.
(d) World war, not peace, is the answer, and the European Alliance Treaty Organization is useless.

3. What is Mr. Verloc's response to his first contact with Mr. Vladimir?
(a) He could not care less.
(b) He is quite pleased.
(c) He is quite troubled.
(d) He is only slightly concerned.

4. How does Winnie learn Stevie was killed in the bombing earlier that day at Greenwich Park?
(a) Winnie listened through the keyhole between the parlor and the kitchen when Heat interviewed her husband.
(b) Heat shows her Stevie's overcoat name tag and she reads the newspaper article about the bombing.
(c) Winnie determines herself it was Stevie as her husband returned late without him and was acting strangely.
(d) When Heat figures out it was Winnie's brother who was killed, he then delivers this news to her in person.

5. On which road is Mr. Verloc's shop and residence located?
(a) Burke Avenue.
(b) Brett Street
(c) Soho Street.
(d) Bartlett Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Heat annoyed at having to report to his supervisors?

2. 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?

3. What is it that Ossipon wonders about for a brief time subsequent to learning of the Greenwich Park explosion and suspecting who was killed?

4. Who is the spy named in the title of The Secret Agent?

5. What does Mr. Verloc find his wife doing when he returns home immediately following his encounters with Mr. Wurmt and then Mr. Vladimir?

(see the answer key)

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