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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. How is the assistant commissioner feeling about his decision to take his new law enforcement position in London?
2. Where is Mr. Verloc's shop located?
3. Where in Mr. Verloc's residence does the meeting of the International Red Committee take place?
4. Who is usually privileged to sit in the horsehair armchair in the parlor?
5. What does the professor say his sole goal in life is?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is it Mr. Verloc is able to leave his business in the hands of his brother-in-law in the morning?
2. Where has Mrs. Verloc's sibling been during the Red Committee's meeting and what has the reaction been?
3. What are some of Karl Yundt's outstanding characteristics?
4. How is Mr. Verloc described at the start of Chapter 2?
5. What problems are faced by Winnie Verloc's lone, younger sibling?
6. What description of the explosive device he carries on his person does the professor provide Ossipon?
7. 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?
8. What considerations is Ossipon reflecting upon regarding his next decision at the conclusion of Chapter 4?
9. How does Ossipon learn it was Mr. Verloc who obtained explosives from the professor, and what is his reaction?
10. How is Mr. Verloc's business establishment described?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Ossipon is introduced in Chapter 3 during the meeting in Mr. Verloc's parlor. The professor is introduced when he is met by chance by Ossipon at the Silenus beer-hall in Chapter 4. The pair are detailed at length through their encounter in this chapter. At the end of the novel the pair again go to the Silenus. Explore and compare each of these character's dispositions, what changes have occurred by the final chapter, and why.
Essay Topic 3
One of a variety of themes which run through Conrad's novel is social reform and terrorist acts. Examine and compare the different character's views of this topic. Include the members of the International Red Committee, the professor, Chief Inspector Heat, the assistant commissioner, and the secretary of state. Consider how Conrad uses this theme through his novel.
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