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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the evening she learns of Stevies' death, what happens when Winnie comes downstairs dressed in black, including a veil and small purse as though she is going out?
(a) Her husband advises Winnie she shall not go out that evening, not even to advise her mother regarding Stevie.
(b) Her husband advises Winnie she shall not go out that evening, except to advise her mother regarding Stevie.
(c) Her husband advises Winnie she shall only go out that evening to advise her mother regarding Stevie, and then only if he escorts her.
(d) Her husband advises Winnie she may go out that evening, but only if he escorts her.

2. In Chapter 9, when does Mr. Verloc return from his trip?
(a) A month later.
(b) Ten days later.
(c) A week later.
(d) Two weeks later.

3. What does the assistant commissioner recall from his first encounter with Michaelis?
(a) That Michaelis was reluctant to tell his story about being convicted for murder.
(b) That Michaelis was uncharming and virtually incomprehensible.
(c) That Michaelis was clearly a womanizer who drank heavily and gambled endlessly.
(d) That Michaelis was very charming and articulate.

4. In the Silenus, Ossipon pulls out a newspaper clipping he says is ten days old. What is the newspaper clipping about?
(a) The death of a young man killed in the explosion at Greenwich Park.
(b) The arrest of the French first secretary for espionage and terrorism.
(c) The death of a woman who threw herself over the rail of a steamship.
(d) The death of a man stabbed in the parlor of his own home.

5. What does Private Secretary Toodles initially assume when the assistant sommissioner arrives unexpectedly soon at the office of the secretary of state?
(a) That Chief Inspector Heat has arrived to report problems to the secretary of state.
(b) That Chief Inspector Heat has arrived to report his findings and that things have gone smoothly thus far.
(c) That the assistant commissioner has arrived to report that something has gone wrong to the secretary of state.
(d) That the assistant commissioner has come to report his findings and that things have gone smoothly thus far.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the professor's master skill?

2. When Mr. Verloc confronts Winnie on the night of Stevies death, what does he say about the death?

3. What is Mr. Verloc's usual schedule?

4. During his conversation with the professor on the afternoon of the Greenwich Park explosion, Ossipon expresses how he was acquainted with the individual he assumes was killed and describes the person's sole talent as what?

5. What is the assistant commissioner's action with the secretary of state's private secretary early in the evening of the Greenwich Park bombing?

(see the answer key)

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