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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Following the meeting of Mr. Verloc with his Red Committee friends, what does Mrs. Verloc do?
(a) She goes to bed and finds Mr. Verloc already asleep.
(b) She talks her husband into bed.
(c) She goes to bed and discovers Mr. Verloc wants to be distracted by her affection.
(d) She sits in the bedroom until Stevie falls asleep.

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

3. 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) His robbery ended in the death of a bank guard.
(d) While jailed, he killed another prisoner.

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

5. What is it that Ossipon wonders about for a brief time subsequent to learning of the Greenwich Park explosion and suspecting who was killed?
(a) If there are any, what will happen to the bomb victim's children?
(b) What will the extended family of the bomb victim do?
(c) What will the bomb victim's spouse now do?
(d) What will the group the bomb victim belonged to do?

6. 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 mayor.
(b) The secretary of state.
(c) The king.
(d) The prime minister.

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

8. Which phrase best describes Mr. Verloc?
(a) A self-centered, lazy individual.
(b) A shy, caring soul.
(c) A selfless, hard-working man.
(d) A tireless, caring person.

9. What is Mr. Verloc's response to his first contact with Mr. Vladimir?
(a) He could not care less.
(b) He is quite troubled.
(c) He is quite pleased.
(d) He is only slightly concerned.

10. What does Mr. Verloc plan to do if he stops receiving monthly paychecks from the embassy?
(a) Mr. Verloc has nothing to worry about because he has plans that he has total confidence in.
(b) Mr. Verloc is unconcerned and has no definite plans at this point.
(c) Mr. Verloc has begun making plans, but does not have complete faith in them as yet.
(d) Mr. Verloc is very worried, as he does not know what to do yet.

11. What is Mr. Wurmt initially carrying in his meeting with Mr. Verloc?
(a) An armload of maps and drawings.
(b) An armload of newspapers.
(c) An armload of reports.
(d) An armload of money.

12. Who is the spy named in the title of The Secret Agent?
(a) Mr. Verloc.
(b) Mr. Vladimir.
(c) Mr. Wurmt.
(d) Mrs. Verloc.

13. What does Mr. Verloc operate?
(a) A pornography shop.
(b) A jewelry shop.
(c) A butcher shop.
(d) A tobacco shop.

14. What happens after Mr. Verloc and Winnie marry?
(a) Winnie and Mr. Verloc open their new business while her family maintains an existing one.
(b) The business operated by Winnie and her family is closed, and Mr. Verloc assumes responsibility for her family.
(c) Winnie and Mr. Verloc operate his existing business, and her family continues an existing one.
(d) Mr. Verloc moves in with Winnie's family, and he assumes responsibility for their existing business.

15. 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 clearly a womanizer who drank heavily and gambled endlessly.
(c) That Michaelis was very charming and articulate.
(d) That Michaelis was uncharming and virtually incomprehensible.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ossipon encounter the professor on the day of the Greenwich Park bombing?

2. How is the professor traveling while amazed at the sense of security those around him feel, unaware they could all be blown up at any time?

3. Who is Mr. Wurmt?

4. The Secret Agent is a novel centered on the attempt in 1894 to destroy what?

5. What does Heat do when making his incomplete, initial report on the Greenwich Park explosion to the assistant commissioner and he is pressured to open up?

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