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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the professor say his sole goal in life is?
(a) Build the perfect detonator.
(b) To always have his true identity remain a secret.
(c) Construct the perfect bomb.
(d) To go down in history as the greatest bomber.

2. What does Heat do when making his incomplete, initial report on the Greenwich Park explosion to the assistant commissioner and he is pressured to open up?
(a) Heat maintains he has no information about Michaelis.
(b) Heat reveals the item he obtained from the coroner's office.
(c) Heat reveals his displeasure with his supervisor and nothing more.
(d) Heat only reveals Mrs. Verloc was on the train from Maze Hill.

3. In addition to Winnie and Stevie, who else lives with Mr. Verloc?
(a) His mother-in-law.
(b) His sister-in-law.
(c) His father-in-law.
(d) His niece.

4. What are the Red Committee members doing during their meeting?
(a) Developing plans for assembling a bomb.
(b) Discussing the ideal target for a bombing.
(c) Discussing capitalism and socialism.
(d) Discussing Mr. Verloc's previous meeting with Mr. Vladimir.

5. When Mr. Verloc first met Winnie, what were she and her family operating?
(a) A boarding house.
(b) A diner.
(c) A butcher shop.
(d) A pub.

6. What is the occupation of Lombroso?
(a) Psychologist.
(b) Psychiatrist.
(c) Attorney.
(d) Criminologist.

7. What is the assistant commissioner's concern if they were to link Michaelis to the Greenwich Park bombing?
(a) The reputation of Mrs. Verloc would suffer irreparable damage, and she would never forgive the assistant commissioner.
(b) The reputation of Mrs. Verloc's mother would suffer irreparable damage, and she would never forgive the assistant commissioner.
(c) The reputation of Baron Stott-Wartenheim's wife would suffer irreparable damage, and the assistant commissioner would never be forgiven.
(d) The reputation of Michaelis' patroness would suffer irreparable damage, and the lady would never forgive the assistant commissioner.

8. Which phrase best describes Stevie?
(a) An average individual.
(b) A brilliant individual.
(c) A simpleminded individual.
(d) An astute individual.

9. What is it the professor tells Ossipon he must sometimes do in seeking his goal?
(a) Rent a very small apartment and scrimp on money.
(b) Work various extra jobs to pay for bomb components.
(c) Seek funds from revolutionary groups.
(d) Skip meals for a day or two, as bomb components are expensive.

10. Where does the professor initially encounter Chief Inspector Heat while the latter is conducting his inspection of the Greenwich Park explosion?
(a) In a beer hall near the professor's residence.
(b) In an alley between two busy streets.
(c) In the vicinity of Greenwich Park.
(d) In a Scotland Yard interrogation room.

11. What is the professor's reply when Ossipon asks if he has heard about the morning bomb explosion in Greenwich Park?
(a) That he was surprised when he learned of it earlier that day.
(b) That he had not heard, but was not surprised.
(c) That he was not surprised when he learned of it earlier that day.
(d) That he had heard and was not surprised.

12. The bomb The Professor carries on his person at all times is designed to kill anyone within how many feet of him?
(a) Twenty-five feet.
(b) One hundred feet.
(c) Seventy-five feet.
(d) Fifty feet.

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

14. What are the items usually sold when young men come in the shop for their first time and find Winnie at the counter?
(a) Engagement and wedding rings.
(b) Small pets such as puppies and kittens.
(c) Expensive pipes and cigarette holders.
(d) Inks and plain papers.

15. What does Mr. Verloc plan to do if he stops receiving monthly paychecks from the embassy?
(a) Mr. Verloc has nothing to worry about because he has plans that he has total confidence in.
(b) Mr. Verloc has begun making plans, but does not have complete faith in them as yet.
(c) Mr. Verloc is unconcerned and has no definite plans at this point.
(d) Mr. Verloc is very worried, as he does not know what to do yet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which nation is Mr. Vladimir an agent for?

2. Where did The Professor get his nickname?

3. Why is one member of the Red Committee having so much difficulty communicating with other members of the group?

4. Who did Heat personally assure the month prior to the Greenwich Park explosion that no terrorist acts would occur anytime soon because Heat is watching every known terrorist?

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

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