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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 do following the Red Committee meeting before going to bed?
(a) Washes the dinner dishes.
(b) Takes his daily walk to the Hampton Lake and back.
(c) Extinguishes the lights.
(d) Takes a bath.

2. What is Mr. Vladimir's position?
(a) First secretary.
(b) Ambassador.
(c) Privy councillor.
(d) Prime minister.

3. Why is Heat annoyed at having to report to his supervisors?
(a) He resents that he does the work, yet they will get the credit.
(b) He wants to be left alone, but needs some assistance nonetheless.
(c) He is rushed for time and does not like to submit to them.
(d) Heat received no aid from them to reach his current position and he resents they no longer directly investigate.

4. What does The Professor tell Ossipon he carries in his pocket should the police try to arrest him?
(a) Poison.
(b) A pistol.
(c) A detonator.
(d) A knife.

5. Which member of the International Red Committee rambles at the beginning of their meeting?
(a) Yundt.
(b) Michaelis.
(c) Ossipon.
(d) Mr. Verloc.

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

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

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. 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?
(a) Riding aboard a train amongst other passengers.
(b) Riding in a tram car with other passengers aboard.
(c) Walking down a street past other people.
(d) Riding in a horse-drawn carriage down a crowded street.

10. What is Stevie's age?
(a) Infant.
(b) Middle-aged.
(c) Younger than Mr. Verloc.
(d) Older than Winnie.

11. Where is Mr. Verloc's shop located?
(a) It covers the entire first floor of his frame home.
(b) Toward the front of his large, stone home.
(c) In a shop one block from his brick home.
(d) Toward the front of his small, brick home.

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

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

14. What route does Red Committee group member Michaelis say is the answer to the current social ills?
(a) Bombing of scientific institutions.
(b) Maintaining a stable economic status.
(c) Emotion and riotous action are essential and knowledge is unhelpful.
(d) Patience and action through the arts, sciences, and education.

15. What does the assistant commissioner recall from his first encounter with Michaelis?
(a) That Michaelis was very charming and articulate.
(b) That Michaelis was uncharming and virtually incomprehensible.
(c) That Michaelis was reluctant to tell his story about being convicted for murder.
(d) That Michaelis was clearly a womanizer who drank heavily and gambled endlessly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it the professor tells Ossipon he must sometimes do in seeking his goal?

2. What is the primary reason the assistant commissioner left his position as police chief in a small province for his current position?

3. What is Winnie's attitude toward Stevie?

4. What is the professor's master skill?

5. While speaking with the Professor, Ossipon gains information that leads him to believe who was blown up in the Greenwich Park explosion?

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