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The Secret Agent Trivia Quiz

'The Secret Agent' is a great book - and if you've read it then this is gonna be easy for you!

A multiple-choice quiz by wsw2. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
wsw2

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
38,738

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
313

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who wrote 'The Secret Agent'? Hint

James Joyce

Joseph Conrad

Ian Flemming

Charles Dickens

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Question 2 of 10

2. When was 'The Secret Agent' written? Hint

1907

1909

1908

1906

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the name of the presumed secret agent of the novel? Hint

Vladimir

Verloc

Ossipon

Michaelis

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who is described as the 'ticket-of-leave apostle'? Hint

Ossipon

Michaelis

Verloc

Winnie

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who is searching for the perfect detonator and carries a personal bomb on him as a weapon should he be caught? Hint

Ossipon

Verloc

Karl Yundt

The Professor

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Question 6 of 10

6. What does Winnie symbolically leave behind when she commits suicide? Hint

picture of Verloc

Her son

Verloc's money

Wedding ring

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is it that Stevie draws? Hint

Squares

Circles

Triangles

Paralellograms

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the name of the Chief Inspector? Hint

Warmth

Heat

Light

Love

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is Verloc's symbol? Hint

Square

Triangle

Circle

Rectangle

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who is it that says 'everything decays, wears out in this world'?

Answer: (It's a 'she', not one of the anarchists.)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who wrote 'The Secret Agent'?

Answer: Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad is actually Polish. English was his third language and yet he wrote in it - pretty impressive if you ask me.

2. When was 'The Secret Agent' written?

Answer: 1907

3. What is the name of the presumed secret agent of the novel?

Answer: Verloc

If you ask me though, Verloc isn't a very 'secret' secret agent, and I think that time is the true secret agent as it is this that finally wins out.

4. Who is described as the 'ticket-of-leave apostle'?

Answer: Michaelis

5. Who is searching for the perfect detonator and carries a personal bomb on him as a weapon should he be caught?

Answer: The Professor

6. What does Winnie symbolically leave behind when she commits suicide?

Answer: Wedding ring

The wedding ring is representative of eternity and this is why it is symbolic that she leaves it behind her.

7. What is it that Stevie draws?

Answer: Circles

Circles, again, representative of eternity. He confuses them into tangles, and this reveals the anarchic nature of his character, linking him with subjective time, that is to say, time that is experienced upon a personal level.

8. What is the name of the Chief Inspector?

Answer: Heat

Verloc is working for the anarchists and for Heat too, as an informer.

9. What is Verloc's symbol?

Answer: Triangle

He is set up in complete contrast to Stevie.

10. Who is it that says 'everything decays, wears out in this world'?

Answer: Winnie Verloc's Mother

It is interesting that she is nearly the only character that survives.

Source: Author wsw2

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