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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Stevie sit while the Red Committee meet at Mr. Verloc's house?
(a) In a back room.
(b) In the parlor.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In a room over the parlor.

2. What causes Stevie extreme difficulty in maintaining a job?
(a) Stevie is unable to complete designated tasks
(b) Other people's view of Stevie.
(c) Stevie is lazy and often shows up late for work.
(d) Stevie is defiant and refuses to follow directions.

3. What does Mr. Verloc do following the Red Committee meeting before going to bed?
(a) Washes the dinner dishes.
(b) Takes his daily walk to the Hampton Lake and back.
(c) Extinguishes the lights.
(d) Takes a bath.

4. In which year does the actual incident on which this novel is based take place?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1948,
(c) 1894.
(d) 1889.

5. What is Mr. Verloc told by Mr. Wurmt when they have their meeting at the embassy?
(a) That more detailed diagrams are required.
(b) That more detailed photographs are required.
(c) That the information he provides is superior and rates a higher payment.
(d) That writing alone is no longer enough.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the International Red Committee rambles at the beginning of their meeting?

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

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

4. What is Mr. Wurmt initially carrying in his meeting with Mr. Verloc?

5. What is it that Ossipon wonders about for a brief time subsequent to learning of the Greenwich Park explosion and suspecting who was killed?

(see the answer key)

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