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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 does the professor tell Ossipon he will do if the police try to arrest him?
(a) Commit suicide by swallowing the poison he carries.
(b) Detonate a bomb killing everyone within fifty feet.
(c) Commit suicide by swallowing the poison he carries.
(d) Resist arrest and use his concealed pistol to shoot every police officer he can.

2. What causes Stevie extreme difficulty in maintaining a job?
(a) Stevie is defiant and refuses to follow directions.
(b) Stevie is lazy and often shows up late for work.
(c) Other people's view of Stevie.
(d) Stevie is unable to complete designated tasks

3. How does Mr. Verloc feel about the opinions expressed by his friends during their Red Committee meeting at his home?
(a) He is unconcerned.
(b) He is in concurrence with virtually all of them.
(c) He is disappointed.
(d) He agrees with Michaelis.

4. Although initially insisting he works independently, the professor eventually confesses that he recently had sold what?
(a) A bomb concealed in a briefcase.
(b) A bomb concealed in a backpack.
(c) A bomb concealed in a varnish can.
(d) A bomb concealed in a lunch basket.

5. Mr. Vladimir tells Mr. Verloc he reviewed his past reports, that they are inadequate as no action has been taken, and indicates that he views the latter's role toward achieving an explosion to be what?
(a) An agent espionage, one under the employment of a government in the role of spying to gain political information.
(b) An agent provocateur, one associating with suspected individuals and pretending to side with them to provoke them into an incriminating deed.
(c) An agent courier, a messenger designated to relay information to an espionage or underground organization.
(d) An agent emissaire, a representative sent on a special mission, in this instance one of a clandestine nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in Mr. Verloc's residence does the meeting of the International Red Committee take place?

2. In which year does the actual incident on which this novel is based take place?

3. What does Mr. Verloc operate?

4. Where did The Professor get his nickname?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What considerations is Ossipon reflecting upon regarding his next decision at the conclusion of Chapter 4?

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

3. What are some of Karl Yundt's outstanding characteristics?

4. How is Michaelis described?

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

6. Who is Ossipon?

7. How is the appearance of Winnie Verloc's mother described?

8. Describe what act done by Chief Inspector Heat is detailed and defined as not particularly wise?

9. 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?

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

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