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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 leaves the professor inside with another Red Committee member.
(d) Ossipon follows the professor outside but finds him gone.

4. Where did Mr. Verloc live before he got married?
(a) In Belgravia Square.
(b) Near Trafalgar Square.
(c) In Greenwich Park.
(d) In view of the Thames River.

5. What is Stevie's reaction upon hearing the Red Committee discussion that took place in the Verloc residence regarding social reform?
(a) He believes the discussion is a waste of time.
(b) He could not care less.
(c) He does not understand what the discussion is about.
(d) He is greatly upset.

6. What does Heat tell the Assistant Commissioner that a witness spotted in Greenwich Park prior to the explosion that morning?
(a) Two men, a fair-haired one and an older, stockier one.
(b) A young, fair-haired woman and an older, stockier man.
(c) Two middle-aged men, a thinner, dark-haired one and a stocky, fair-haired one.
(d) Two young men, an average, fair-haired one and a thinner, dark-haired one.

7. Whom does Mr. Vladimir propose Mr. Verloc enlist in order to accomplish Vladimir's bomb plot?
(a) Mr. Verloc's International Red Committee friends.
(b) Other secret agents that Mr. Verloc is acquainted with.
(c) Mr. Verloc's family.
(d) Former military explosives experts that Mr. Verloc knows.

8. How does Mr. Verloc feel about the opinions expressed by his friends during their Red Committee meeting at his home?
(a) He is unconcerned.
(b) He agrees with Michaelis.
(c) He is disappointed.
(d) He is in concurrence with virtually all of them.

9. Why is one member of the Red Committee having so much difficulty communicating with other members of the group?
(a) He is not as well educated as the other members.
(b) He is reluctant to participate in the bombing for fear of imprisonment.
(c) He has a shy personality.
(d) He was confined for so long.

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

11. Whom does this story center on?
(a) A devoted husband, his beautiful and young wife, and his brother.
(b) A hateful husband, his young and beautiful wife, and her son from a previous marriage.
(c) A devoted husband, his older wife, and his son from a previous marriage.
(d) A devoted husband, his beautiful and young wife, and her brother.

12. What is the professor's reply when Ossipon asks if he has heard about the morning bomb explosion in Greenwich Park?
(a) That he had heard and was not surprised.
(b) That he had not heard, but was not surprised.
(c) That he was surprised when he learned of it earlier that day.
(d) That he was not surprised when he learned of it earlier that day.

13. What is Ossipon's reaction upon learning from a paperboy of the Greenwich Park bombing?
(a) He is unconcerned.
(b) He applauded the bomber.
(c) He is merely curious.
(d) He is quite upset.

14. What reaction does Heat's supervisor have upon initially hearing of Michaelis's connection with the Greenwich Park explosion investigation?
(a) He is glad.
(b) He smiles briefly.
(c) He chuckles mockingly.
(d) He is irritated.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Stevie extreme difficulty in maintaining a job?

2. Where did Heat have his initial encounter with Mr. Verloc some time ago?

3. What does the professor say his sole goal in life is?

4. Where do Mr. Wurmt and Mr. Verloc have their single meeting in the story?

5. When asked by Ossipon to describe the person who purchased the device, what is the professor's response?

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