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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Mr. Verloc find his wife doing when he returns home immediately following his encounters with Mr. Wurmt and then Mr. Vladimir?
(a) Working in the shop.
(b) Serving dinner.
(c) Taking a nap.
(d) Getting ready for bed.

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

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

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

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

9. Where does Stevie sit while the Red Committee meet at Mr. Verloc's house?
(a) In a back room.
(b) In a room over the parlor.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In the parlor.

10. What goal does Mr. Vladimir hope to achieve?
(a) An event that will excite London's privileged upper class.
(b) An event that will excite London's middle class.
(c) An event that will excite Paris's middle class.
(d) An event that will excite London's lower working class.

11. 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.

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

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 not heard, but was not surprised.
(b) That he was surprised when he learned of it earlier that day.
(c) That he was not surprised when he learned of it earlier that day.
(d) That he had heard and was not surprised.

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

15. What does Mr. Verloc stipulate will be required to carry out Vladimir's bomb plot?
(a) A large sum of money.
(b) No further funds than the amount he receives monthly.
(c) A modest sum of money.
(d) No further funds at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. What is Mr. Verloc told by Mr. Wurmt when they have their meeting at the embassy?

5. Who is the spy named in the title of The Secret Agent?

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