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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 is the professor's master skill?
(a) Painting pictures.
(b) Constructing bombs.
(c) Assisting at a college library.
(d) Preparing corpses.

2. Where does the professor initially encounter Chief Inspector Heat while the latter is conducting his inspection of the Greenwich Park explosion?
(a) In a beer hall near the professor's residence.
(b) In the vicinity of Greenwich Park.
(c) In an alley between two busy streets.
(d) In a Scotland Yard interrogation room.

3. Where does Ossipon encounter the professor on the day of the Greenwich Park bombing?
(a) In an underground beer hall.
(b) In a café.
(c) In a dining hall.
(d) In a restaurant.

4. As he investigates the Greenwich Park explosion, what is Heat's reaction when he initially eyes the professor?
(a) Heat is certain no bomber would have survived the explosion and does not feel this individual is involved.
(b) Heat believes this individual is in no way connected to the explosion and dismisses him.
(c) Heat believes someone else is culpable and dismisses him.
(d) Heat dismisses him, declaring he has no interest in him today.

5. What is Stevie's age?
(a) Middle-aged.
(b) Older than Winnie.
(c) Younger than Mr. Verloc.
(d) Infant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it the professor tells Ossipon he must sometimes do in seeking his goal?

2. Which phrase best describes Stevie?

3. What is Mr. Verloc's usual schedule?

4. What route does Red Committee group member Michaelis say is the answer to the current social ills?

5. What does Mr. Vladimir learn about Mr. Verloc that terribly disappoints him?

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

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

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

5. What is Mr. Verloc's attitude toward Mrs. Verloc's lone sibling?

6. What is Ossipon's view of Mrs. Verloc's sibling?

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

8. 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?

9. Why did Michaelis subsequently receive compassion?

10. How is Winnie Verloc's appearance described?

(see the answer keys)

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