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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mr. Verloc's shop located?

2. Whom does Mr. Vladimir propose Mr. Verloc enlist in order to accomplish Vladimir's bomb plot?

3. Where does Stevie sit while the Red Committee meet at Mr. Verloc's house?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why did Michaelis subsequently receive compassion?

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

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

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

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

10. How is Winnie Verloc's appearance described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 2, the reader discovers Mr. Verloc is a secret agent and later discovers he has been an informant. Examine in detail this and other instances of how Conrad approaches the theme of loyalty.

Essay Topic 2

Joseph Conrad uses the technique of foreshadowing throughout his text to suggest specific events that will transpire in later chapters. The nature of the Verloc's pornography shop revealed in Chapter 1, for instance, suggests they cross the line of respectability and not everything they engage in is legal. This foreshadows illegal activities in which Mr. Verloc will be engaged in later chapters. Examine five similar examples of where the author has used this technique of foreshadowing.

Essay Topic 3

Another theme Conrad uses is that of trust. For example, Mrs. Verloc must trust in order for her brother and mother to be accepted into her husband's home. Examine how Conrad runs this theme of trust throughout his novel through other examples.

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