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Quiz about The Secret Agent
Quiz about The Secret Agent

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.
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Author
wsw2
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
38,738
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
308
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Question 1 of 10
1. Who wrote 'The Secret Agent'? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. When was 'The Secret Agent' written? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What is the name of the presumed secret agent of the novel? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Who is described as the 'ticket-of-leave apostle'? Hint


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


Question 6 of 10
6. What does Winnie symbolically leave behind when she commits suicide? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What is it that Stevie draws? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What is the name of the Chief Inspector? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What is Verloc's symbol? Hint


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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