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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Whom does this story center on?
(a) A devoted husband, his beautiful and young wife, and her 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 his brother.

3. What are the items usually sold when young men come in the shop for their first time and find Winnie at the counter?
(a) Inks and plain papers.
(b) Engagement and wedding rings.
(c) Small pets such as puppies and kittens.
(d) Expensive pipes and cigarette holders.

4. As he investigates the Greenwich Park explosion, what is Heat's reaction when he initially eyes the professor?
(a) Heat believes this individual is in no way connected to the explosion and dismisses him.
(b) Heat is certain no bomber would have survived the explosion and does not feel this individual is involved.
(c) Heat dismisses him, declaring he has no interest in him today.
(d) Heat believes someone else is culpable and dismisses him.

5. Which member of the Red Committee expresses his opinion that Stevie is capable of becoming a criminal as he views her sibling as a degenerate?
(a) Michaelis.
(b) Yundt.
(c) Ossipon.
(d) Mr. Verloc.

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

7. The Secret Agent is a novel centered on the attempt in 1894 to destroy what?
(a) The Greenwich Observatory.
(b) The London Bridge.
(c) Buckingham Palace.
(d) Trafalgar Square.

8. In the morgue, what does Heat find among the yet-to-be-identified remains retrieved from the Greenwich Park bombing scene?
(a) A blue address label on what was once an overcoat.
(b) A collegiate ring with a man's name engraved inside it.
(c) A portion of an address tag from a shredded leather briefcase.
(d) A small portion of a coat of arms emblem from among fragmented jacket pieces.

9. A bombing of what facility does Mr. Vladimir suggest would create fear and provoke a reaction toward change?
(a) A stock exchange.
(b) A science center.
(c) An embassy.
(d) An arts institution.

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

11. When asked by Ossipon to describe the person who purchased the device, what is the professor's response?
(a) He provides a detailed description.
(b) He provides Ossipon a surname.
(c) He provides Ossipon a first name.
(d) He provides a vague description.

12. Heat's supervisor promptly takes which action upon hearing of Michaelis's name in connection with the Greenwich Park bomb investigation?
(a) After dismissing Heat, he dwells on thoughts of the three other club members whom he routinely plays a whist game with.
(b) Abruptly dismisses a vague memory of a whist game he participates in daily at his club.
(c) Dismisses Heat abruptly and then falls into his desk chair thinking about this subject.
(d) Turns his back to Heat and dismisses him from the office a few minutes later thinking about this subject.

13. 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.

14. What is it the professor tells Ossipon he must sometimes do in seeking his goal?
(a) Seek funds from revolutionary groups.
(b) Rent a very small apartment and scrimp on money.
(c) Work various extra jobs to pay for bomb components.
(d) Skip meals for a day or two, as bomb components are expensive.

15. What does the professor tell Ossipon he will do if the police try to arrest him?
(a) Resist arrest and use his concealed pistol to shoot every police officer he can.
(b) Detonate a bomb killing everyone within fifty feet.
(c) Commit suicide by swallowing the poison he carries.
(d) Commit suicide by swallowing the poison he carries.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do The Professor and Ossipon part on the day of the Greenwich Park explosion?

3. Where in Mr. Verloc's residence does the meeting of the International Red Committee take place?

4. How is the assistant commissioner feeling about his decision to take his new law enforcement position in London?

5. What is one reason Mr. Verloc is unconcerned when he leaves his shop in the care of someone else?

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