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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 does the Assistant Commissioner go after leaving his office early in the evening of the Greenwich Park blast?
2. To which neighborhood does the Assistant Commissioner travel quickly by hansom from Soho on the evening of the Greenwich Park blast?
3. To whom does Winnie's mother entrust what she views as her most valuable asset, her son Stevie?
4. What does Private Secretary Toodles initially assume when the assistant sommissioner arrives unexpectedly soon at the office of the secretary of state?
5. Why does Mrs. Verloc's mother wish to move into a charity home?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe what is compared to the sound of an insane clock at the conclusion of Chapter 11?
2. At the beginning of Chapter 10, which fish are used in the discussion concerning the level of importance of the political figure to be caught?
3. What does Mrs. Verloc's sibling do when a cab driver whips his horse on the ride over to the charity home? Why does her sibling reaction in this way?
4. What name does Mrs. Verloc refer to Ossipon by and why does it excite him?
5. Who does the assistant commissioner go to see at the start of Chapter 7? What figure of speech is used to compare these two figures? And what does the person the assistant commission visits express as his initial concern?
6. Describe what Mrs. Verloc's mother is doing at the start of Chapter 8 and what is motivating her?
7. What is the assistant commissioner watching at the conclusion of Chapter 7 and what does he observe?
8. When Ossipon jumps from the moving train and abandons Mrs. Verloc with no funds, what does he tell the railway workers who gather around him?
9. What is the assistant commissioner's primary goal in briefing Sir Ethelred?
10. Shortly after murdering Mr. Verloc, which individual does Winnie encounter in the street offering his assistance, and why is it ironic?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Conrad establishes scenes by laying out in great detail the stage setting upon which the scene will take place. For instance, in Chapter 1 he provides an extensive description of the front window and entrance to the Verloc's pornography shop. In Chapter 4 he delivers a virtual snapshot of the Silenus beer-hall where Ossipon encounters the professor. Discuss how Conrad uses this technique to establish settings in which scenes take place.
Essay Topic 2
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.
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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