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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. On the evening of Mr. Verloc's death, Ossipon suggests they take a midnight train away, however, Winnie insists on returning to the shop saying she recalls what?
2. Why does Mrs. Verloc's mother wish to move into a charity home?
3. How does the assistant commissioner feel in regard to his conversation with Mr. Verloc on the evening of the Greenwich Park explosion?
4. In Chapter 9, when does Mr. Verloc return from his trip?
5. On the evening of Stevie's death after Winnie has gone upstairs, what happens when Mr. Verloc enters his parlor and finds the meal his wife prepared earlier laid out?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the assistant commissioner do after completing his visit with the secretary of state?
2. At the beginning of Chapter 10, which fish are used in the discussion concerning the level of importance of the political figure to be caught?
3. What name does Mrs. Verloc refer to Ossipon by and why does it excite him?
4. What exchange takes place between Mr. and Mrs. Verloc on the afternoon he returns from his out-of-country trip, when he announces he is interested in taking a walk?
5. How does Chapter 8 conclude with regard to Mrs. Neale?
6. What is it the cab driver complains about at the house and what is the sibling's reaction?
7. What is the opening scene of Chapter 11once Chief Inspector Heat has departed the Verloc home?
8. What does the assistant commissioner do upon completion of his meeting with Sir Ethelred, and what does he encounter?
9. Where does the assistant commissioner go for his evening meal and what catches his attention?
10. When Ossipon jumps from the moving train and abandons Mrs. Verloc with no funds, what does he tell the railway workers who gather around him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Joseph Conrad uses the technique of foreshadowing throughout his text to suggest specific events that will transpire in later chapters. The nature of the Verloc's pornography shop revealed in Chapter 1, for instance, suggests they cross the line of respectability and not everything they engage in is legal. This foreshadows illegal activities in which Mr. Verloc will be engaged in later chapters. Examine five similar examples of where the author has used this technique of foreshadowing.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 3, Stevie is able to listen to the International Red Committee members' discussion in the parlor from his position in the adjoining kitchen. Conrad allows the reader to know that Stevie is easily upset by so much as a description of cruelty toward others. This foreshadows his reactions to subsequent events. Examine what transpires in this chapter which lays the foundation for this matter in Conrad's tale. Follow it through to the conclusion of Stevie's role in Adolf Verloc's plot.
Essay Topic 3
Conrad establishes scenes by laying out in great detail the stage setting upon which the scene will take place. For instance, in Chapter 1 he provides an extensive description of the front window and entrance to the Verloc's pornography shop. In Chapter 4 he delivers a virtual snapshot of the Silenus beer-hall where Ossipon encounters the professor. Discuss how Conrad uses this technique to establish settings in which scenes take place.
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