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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Verloc stipulate will be required to carry out Vladimir's bomb plot?
(a) No further funds than the amount he receives monthly.
(b) A modest sum of money.
(c) No further funds at all.
(d) A large sum of money.

2. Who did Heat personally assure the month prior to the Greenwich Park explosion that no terrorist acts would occur anytime soon because Heat is watching every known terrorist?
(a) The prime minister.
(b) The secretary of state.
(c) The king.
(d) The mayor.

3. What is it that the professor views as difficult?
(a) Constructing.
(b) Buying components.
(c) Experimenting.
(d) Selling.

4. Who is Mr. Wurmt?
(a) The French privy councillor.
(b) The English privy councillor.
(c) The Russian privy councillor.
(d) The German privy councillor.

5. What does Red Committee group member Yundt view as being cannibalistic?
(a) The constant state of economic conditions.
(b) Promoting and stirring riots.
(c) Failing to provide social aid.
(d) Action through terrorism.

6. Where do Mr. Wurmt and Mr. Verloc have their single meeting in the story?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Moscow.

7. Where does the professor initially encounter Chief Inspector Heat while the latter is conducting his inspection of the Greenwich Park explosion?
(a) In the vicinity of Greenwich Park.
(b) In a beer hall near the professor's residence.
(c) In an alley between two busy streets.
(d) In a Scotland Yard interrogation room.

8. While speaking with the Professor, Ossipon gains information that leads him to believe who was blown up in the Greenwich Park explosion?
(a) Michaelis.
(b) Mr. Verloc.
(c) Yundt
(d) Mrs. Verloc.

9. Why was Michaelis convicted for murder?
(a) Michaelis participated in a bombing that killed a number of people aboard a train.
(b) His planned prison break that ended in the death of an officer.
(c) While jailed, he killed another prisoner.
(d) His robbery ended in the death of a bank guard.

10. Who is usually privileged to sit in the horsehair armchair in the parlor?
(a) Mrs. Verloc.
(b) Mrs. Verloc's sibling.
(c) Mr. Verloc.
(d) Mrs. Verloc's mother.

11. What is the professor's master skill?
(a) Constructing bombs.
(b) Assisting at a college library.
(c) Preparing corpses.
(d) Painting pictures.

12. What does Heat tell the assistant commissioner that the coroner suspects regarding the fatality at the Greenwich Park explosion?
(a) That the person killed is the fair-haired male and the other individual left the scene prior to the explosion.
(b) That the person killed is the thinner, dark-haired male and the other individual left the scene prior to the explosion.
(c) That the person killed is the fair-haired female and the other individual left the scene prior to the explosion.
(d) That the person killed is the older, stocky male and the other individual left the scene prior to the explosion.

13. How do The Professor and Ossipon part on the day of the Greenwich Park explosion?
(a) Ossipon and the professor depart side-by-side.
(b) Ossipon leaves the professor alone inside.
(c) Ossipon follows the professor outside but finds him gone.
(d) Ossipon leaves the professor inside with another Red Committee member.

14. Subsequent to his initial encounter, how long ago did Heat first approach Mr. Verloc and offer protection of his business packages from discovery if he would provide Heat information?
(a) Nine years ago.
(b) Seven years ago.
(c) Five years ago.
(d) Two years ago.

15. Following the Red Committee meeting, what is Mr. Verloc's opinion regarding his earlier meeting with Mr. Vladimir?
(a) Still unconcerned.
(b) Feelings of pleasure with himself are reinforced.
(c) Still only slightly concerned.
(d) Still quite troubled.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mr. Verloc first met Winnie, what were she and her family operating?

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

3. The bomb The Professor carries on his person at all times is designed to kill anyone within how many feet of him?

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

5. How does Mr. Verloc feel about the opinions expressed by his friends during their Red Committee meeting at his home?

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