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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What takes place when the Red Committee discussion at the Verloc residence is finished?
(a) The guest members take their leave, and Mr. Verloc gratefully sees them out.
(b) The three guest members depart to play billiards while Mr. Verloc straighten his shop.
(c) The four members play cards and enjoy some cigars.
(d) The four members head to the neighborhood beer-hall for a few brews.

3. What is Winnie's attitude toward Stevie?
(a) Winnie is spiteful in dealing with Stevie.
(b) Winnie pretty much ignores Stevie.
(c) Winnie is very maternal.
(d) Winnie gives Stevie attention only when it is to her benefit.

4. When Mr. Verloc first met Winnie, what were she and her family operating?
(a) A boarding house.
(b) A butcher shop.
(c) A diner.
(d) A pub.

5. Which nation is Mr. Vladimir an agent for?
(a) Germany.
(b) Russia.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) France.

6. What two things did Heat learn several months subsequent to his first encountering Mr. Verloc, when Heat again saw Mr. Verloc and the latter was followed?
(a) Mr. Verloc was a secret agent who lived in an affluent neighborhood.
(b) Mr. Adolf Verloc's name and that he had gotten married that day.
(c) Mr. Verloc was both a spy and an explosives expert.
(d) Mr. Verloc was Austrian and married to a woman seven years his senior.

7. What does the professor say his sole goal in life is?
(a) To go down in history as the greatest bomber.
(b) To always have his true identity remain a secret.
(c) Construct the perfect bomb.
(d) Build the perfect detonator.

8. Where did The Professor get his nickname?
(a) He once taught chemistry at a secondary school.
(b) He once taught chemistry at a university.
(c) He once worked as an assistant at a technical school.
(d) He once was a pharmaceutical technician.

9. The bomb The Professor carries on his person at all times is designed to kill anyone within how many feet of him?
(a) One hundred feet.
(b) Fifty feet.
(c) Twenty-five feet.
(d) Seventy-five feet.

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

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

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

13. What does Mr. Verloc do when he returns home immediately after the meeting with Mr. Vladimir in which he learns his monthly income checks are in jeopardy.
(a) He seeks advice from Stevie on the matter.
(b) He enjoys a big homemade dinner and speaks in an unconcerned manner with his family.
(c) He sulks and worries.
(d) He goes to a local tavern after dinner for a couple of glasses of beer.

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) Five years ago.
(c) Seven years ago.
(d) Two years ago.

15. When initially briefed by Heat on the Greenwich Park explosion, what is the assistant commissioner told when he asks if the Verlock residence was being watched?
(a) Heat assures him that takes place only after dark.
(b) Heat assures him that is not the case.
(c) Heat states it was not, but assures him he will initiate it immediately.
(d) Heat assures him the home is watched around the clock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Michaelis convicted for murder?

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

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

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

5. What did Heat tell his supervisor were everywhere at the scene of the Greenwich Park explosion?

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