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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the spy named in the title of The Secret Agent?
(a) Mr. Verloc.
(b) Mr. Wurmt.
(c) Mr. Vladimir.
(d) Mrs. Verloc.

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

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

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

6. Before Mr. Verloc acted as an informant, who initially followed him to his pornography business?
(a) Heat himself.
(b) Baron Stott-Wartenheim.
(c) An assigned cop.
(d) Mr. Vladimir himself.

7. What is Ossipon's opinion of Stevie?
(a) That he is simple-minded, but harmless to himself or others.
(b) That he is intelligent and likely to be a physician or scientist someday.
(c) That while not exceptionally bright, he will learn a trade and do well.
(d) That he is a degenerate, capable of becoming a criminal one day.

8. What takes place when the Red Committee discussion at the Verloc residence is finished?
(a) The three guest members depart to play billiards while Mr. Verloc straighten his shop.
(b) The guest members take their leave, and Mr. Verloc gratefully sees them out.
(c) The four members head to the neighborhood beer-hall for a few brews.
(d) The four members play cards and enjoy some cigars.

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

10. 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.

11. Heat's supervisor promptly takes which action upon hearing of Michaelis's name in connection with the Greenwich Park bomb investigation?
(a) Turns his back to Heat and dismisses him from the office a few minutes later thinking about this subject.
(b) After dismissing Heat, he dwells on thoughts of the three other club members whom he routinely plays a whist game with.
(c) Dismisses Heat abruptly and then falls into his desk chair thinking about this subject.
(d) Abruptly dismisses a vague memory of a whist game he participates in daily at his club.

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

13. What is Stevie's reaction upon hearing the Red Committee discussion that took place in the Verloc residence regarding social reform?
(a) He is greatly upset.
(b) He believes the discussion is a waste of time.
(c) He does not understand what the discussion is about.
(d) He could not care less.

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

15. What is Winnie's attitude toward Stevie?
(a) Winnie is spiteful in dealing with Stevie.
(b) Winnie is very maternal.
(c) Winnie pretty much ignores Stevie.
(d) Winnie gives Stevie attention only when it is to her benefit.

Short Answer Questions

1. During his conversation with the professor on the afternoon of the Greenwich Park explosion, Ossipon expresses how he was acquainted with the individual he assumes was killed and describes the person's sole talent as what?

2. What does Red Committee group member Yundt view as being cannibalistic?

3. 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?

4. How does Mr. Verloc feel about the opinions expressed by his friends during their Red Committee meeting at his home?

5. When asked by Ossipon to describe the person who purchased the device, what is the professor's response?

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