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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. What takes place when the Red Committee discussion at the Verloc residence is finished?
2. Who is Mr. Wurmt?
3. The bomb The Professor carries on his person at all times is designed to kill anyone within how many feet of him?
4. What is Stevie's age?
5. Where is Mr. Verloc's shop located?
Short Essay Questions
1. What description of the explosive device he carries on his person does the professor provide Ossipon?
2. How is Michaelis described?
3. 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?
4. What is it Mr. Vladimir seeks from Mr. Verloc?
5. What problems are faced by Winnie Verloc's lone, younger sibling?
6. Why was Michaelis sent to prison?
7. What is Mr. Vladimir's response when Mr. Verloc tells him that what he seeks will cost money?
8. How is Mr. Verloc described at the start of Chapter 2?
9. How does Ossipon learn it was Mr. Verloc who obtained explosives from the professor, and what is his reaction?
10. As described at the conclusion of Chapter 5, what habit does the Assistant Commissioner have that comforts him the most?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Mr. Verloc has friends of his who are members of the International Red Committee as guests discussing social reform and terrorism. Examine how the author uses his novel, The Secret Agent, as a satire on anarchism.
Essay Topic 2
Mrs. Verloc's mother was introduced at the start of the book, but steps out of the story in the flashback that takes place several weeks prior to the bombing. In Chapter 8, the reader learns a good bit about her character and the role she attempted to have in Stevie's well-being. Examine how Conrad uses this character in relaying his tale.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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