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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mr. Wurmt?
(a) The English privy councillor.
(b) The French privy councillor.
(c) The German privy councillor.
(d) The Russian privy councillor.

2. A bombing of what facility does Mr. Vladimir suggest would create fear and provoke a reaction toward change?
(a) An arts institution.
(b) A stock exchange.
(c) A science center.
(d) An embassy.

3. What is Stevie's age?
(a) Older than Winnie.
(b) Middle-aged.
(c) Infant.
(d) Younger than Mr. Verloc.

4. Mr. Vladimir tells Mr. Verloc he reviewed his past reports, that they are inadequate as no action has been taken, and indicates that he views the latter's role toward achieving an explosion to be what?
(a) An agent courier, a messenger designated to relay information to an espionage or underground organization.
(b) An agent provocateur, one associating with suspected individuals and pretending to side with them to provoke them into an incriminating deed.
(c) An agent espionage, one under the employment of a government in the role of spying to gain political information.
(d) An agent emissaire, a representative sent on a special mission, in this instance one of a clandestine nature.

5. Where do Mr. Wurmt and Mr. Verloc have their single meeting in the story?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Moscow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What goal does Mr. Vladimir hope to achieve?

2. What causes Stevie extreme difficulty in maintaining a job?

3. The Secret Agent is a novel centered on the attempt in 1894 to destroy what?

4. What does Mr. Verloc do when he returns home immediately after the meeting with Mr. Vladimir in which he learns his monthly income checks are in jeopardy.

5. What does Mr. Verloc stipulate will be required to carry out Vladimir's bomb plot?

(see the answer key)

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