The Secret Agent Quizzes

Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Secret Agent? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. What do the multitudes of people on the London streets represent for the Professor?


His own inability to stand out among them.
Human Progress
Human weakness
Germs that must be destroyed
Q. What metaphor does Karl Yundt prefer to use when talking about the evils of capitalism?


Sports
War
Cannibalism
Cancer
Q. What symbol was Verloc known by in the official communications of his former boss?


A triangle
A circle
A square
A dodecagon
Q. Why does Mr. Vladimir choose the Greenwich Observatory as a target for a bomb attack?


Because it represents the hopes and dreams of regular people
Because in modern times, state leaders are too closely guarded
Because nobody cares about churches anymore
Because the attack needs to seem inexplicable to create public outrage
Q. What does the player piano in the Silenus Restaurant primarily symbolize?


The Professors growing insanity
Ossipons terror
Conrad's sense of humor
The absurd randomness of the world