View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice 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.
(a) He seeks advice from Stevie on the matter.
(b) He sulks and worries.
(c) He enjoys a big homemade dinner and speaks in an unconcerned manner with his family.
(d) He goes to a local tavern after dinner for a couple of glasses of beer.

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

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

4. In addition to Winnie and Stevie, who else lives with Mr. Verloc?
(a) His sister-in-law.
(b) His niece.
(c) His father-in-law.
(d) His mother-in-law.

5. What is Ossipon's opinion of Stevie?
(a) That he is a degenerate, capable of becoming a criminal one day.
(b) That while not exceptionally bright, he will learn a trade and do well.
(c) That he is intelligent and likely to be a physician or scientist someday.
(d) That he is simple-minded, but harmless to himself or others.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Stevie's reaction upon hearing the Red Committee discussion that took place in the Verloc residence regarding social reform?

2. How is the assistant commissioner feeling about his decision to take his new law enforcement position in London?

3. What does Red Committee group member Yundt view as being cannibalistic?

4. What reaction does Heat's supervisor have upon initially hearing of Michaelis's connection with the Greenwich Park explosion investigation?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Michaelis subsequently receive compassion?

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

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

5. How is Winnie Verloc's appearance described?

6. What is it Mr. Vladimir seeks from Mr. Verloc?

7. 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?

8. How is the individual whom the professor encounters in the alley at the beginning of Chapter 5 described?

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

10. How does Ossipon learn it was Mr. Verloc who obtained explosives from the professor, and what is his reaction?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,091 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample