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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. In the morgue, what does Heat find among the yet-to-be-identified remains retrieved from the Greenwich Park bombing scene?
(a) A small portion of a coat of arms emblem from among fragmented jacket pieces.
(b) A collegiate ring with a man's name engraved inside it.
(c) A portion of an address tag from a shredded leather briefcase.
(d) A blue address label on what was once an overcoat.

2. Why was Michaelis convicted for murder?
(a) His robbery ended in the death of a bank guard.
(b) Michaelis participated in a bombing that killed a number of people aboard a train.
(c) His planned prison break that ended in the death of an officer.
(d) While jailed, he killed another prisoner.

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

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

5. Whom does this story center on?
(a) A devoted husband, his beautiful and young wife, and his brother.
(b) A devoted husband, his beautiful and young wife, and her brother.
(c) A devoted husband, his older wife, and his son from a previous marriage.
(d) A hateful husband, his young and beautiful wife, and her son from a previous marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the professor initially encounter Chief Inspector Heat while the latter is conducting his inspection of the Greenwich Park explosion?

2. What does the hand of the professor tighten upon as he encounters Heat for the first time?

3. What is the occupation of Lombroso?

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

5. Following the Red Committee meeting, what is Mr. Verloc's opinion regarding his earlier meeting with Mr. Vladimir?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Mr. Verloc is going around putting out the lights in the house after the Red Committee's meeting and he encounters his wife's sibling watching him?

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

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

4. Who is Ossipon?

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

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

7. How does Winnie's mother views her daughter's romance with the young butcher?

8. 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?

9. Toward the end of Chapter 5, Chief Inspector Heat mentions Michaelis's name, which arouses the interest of the assistant commissioner. What reason revealed in Chapter 6 causes him to become concerned?

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

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