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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 does Heat tell the Assistant Commissioner that a witness spotted in Greenwich Park prior to the explosion that morning?

2. Where did The Professor get his nickname?

3. What is the professor's master skill?

4. Heat's supervisor promptly takes which action upon hearing of Michaelis's name in connection with the Greenwich Park bomb investigation?

5. Before Mr. Verloc acted as an informant, who initially followed him to his pornography business?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the task undertaken by Chief Inspector Heat and what he views as a critical item he locates?

2. Why did Michaelis subsequently receive compassion?

3. What problems are faced by Winnie Verloc's lone, younger sibling?

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

5. What is Mr. Vladimir's response when Mr. Verloc tells him that what he seeks will cost money?

6. How is Michaelis described?

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

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Honesty, or lack of it, is a trait that is touched upon repeatedly by Conrad in this work. Some lacked virtually any at all. Others' levels of honesty were determined by what they were seeking. Examine the trait of honesty in the characters in this tale and what governed it.

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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