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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Heat tell his supervisor were everywhere at the scene of the Greenwich Park explosion?
(a) Glass slivers and bits.
(b) Ceramic chips and bits.
(c) Cardboard shreds and bits.
(d) Tin strips and bits.

2. Whom does Mr. Vladimir propose Mr. Verloc enlist in order to accomplish Vladimir's bomb plot?
(a) Mr. Verloc's International Red Committee friends.
(b) Former military explosives experts that Mr. Verloc knows.
(c) Other secret agents that Mr. Verloc is acquainted with.
(d) Mr. Verloc's family.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is usually privileged to sit in the horsehair armchair in the parlor?

2. 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?

3. What does Mr. Verloc find his wife doing when he returns home immediately following his encounters with Mr. Wurmt and then Mr. Vladimir?

4. What is the professor's reply when Ossipon asks if he has heard about the morning bomb explosion in Greenwich Park?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How might the character known as the professor be described?

2. Why is it Mr. Verloc is able to leave his business in the hands of his brother-in-law in the morning?

3. As described at the conclusion of Chapter 5, what habit does the Assistant Commissioner have that comforts him the most?

4. What description of the explosive device he carries on his person does the professor provide Ossipon?

5. What is Mr. Verloc's response to his meeting with Mr. Vladimir after he returns home?

6. What does the professor describe as his goal and what does it take to achieve it?

7. How is Mr. Verloc's business establishment described?

8. What is Mr. Vladimir's response when Mr. Verloc tells him that what he seeks will cost money?

9. Describe the task undertaken by Chief Inspector Heat and what he views as a critical item he locates?

10. As the assistant commissioner does not believe that Chief Inspector Heat is being totally open with him, what are the items of information he finally receives before he dismisses him?

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