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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Secret Agent is a novel centered on the attempt in 1894 to destroy what?
(a) Trafalgar Square.
(b) Buckingham Palace.
(c) The London Bridge.
(d) The Greenwich Observatory.

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

3. What does Mr. Verloc find his wife doing when he returns home immediately following his encounters with Mr. Wurmt and then Mr. Vladimir?
(a) Taking a nap.
(b) Serving dinner.
(c) Getting ready for bed.
(d) Working in the shop.

4. While speaking with the Professor, Ossipon gains information that leads him to believe who was blown up in the Greenwich Park explosion?
(a) Yundt
(b) Mr. Verloc.
(c) Michaelis.
(d) Mrs. Verloc.

5. Whom does Mr. Vladimir propose Mr. Verloc enlist in order to accomplish Vladimir's bomb plot?
(a) Mr. Verloc's family.
(b) Other secret agents that Mr. Verloc is acquainted with.
(c) Mr. Verloc's International Red Committee friends.
(d) Former military explosives experts that Mr. Verloc knows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the professor tell Ossipon he will do if the police try to arrest him?

2. 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?

3. What is the professor's reply when Ossipon asks if he has heard about the morning bomb explosion in Greenwich Park?

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

5. What are the Red Committee members doing during their meeting?

(see the answer key)

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