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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 did Heat tell his supervisor were everywhere at the scene of the Greenwich Park explosion?

2. What is Winnie's attitude toward Stevie?

3. What is the professor's position on the social issues that spurs Mr. Verloc and his Red Committee friends?

4. Where did Heat have his initial encounter with Mr. Verloc some time ago?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mr. Verloc's business establishment described?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Winnie's mother views her daughter's romance with the young butcher?

7. How is the individual whom the professor encounters in the alley at the beginning of Chapter 5 described?

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

9. 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?

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

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

In Chapters 9-13, Conrad introduces into the plot numerous ironic twists of fate involving the Verlocs and Ossipon. Please describe these twists and the irony involved. Examine how Conrad uses any other ironies within his tale.

Essay Topic 3

The author uses the theme of relationships in exploring characters throughout his novel. Examine the relationship between Stevie and Mr. Verloc prior to Stevie's mother moving into a charity home, and afterward. Provide examples to display the change that takes place. Discuss the motivation behind the transformation.

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