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CHAPTERS 1-4
Reading Check
1. How should Saffron Park be “regarded”?
2. What is located under the “beershop”?
3. What is the moniker of the President of the Central Anarchist Council?
4. What are two phrases used to describe the “dangerous criminal”?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. What does Syme accuse Gregory of? What is Gregory’s response?
2. What are Syme’s two questions for Gregory? How does Gregory answer these inquiries?
3. Why does Syme say to Gregory that they have “checkmated each other”? Describe the outcome of this “checkmate.”
4. Compare and contrast the main argument in Gregory and Syme’s orations. What is the outcome of both of these speeches?
5. Summarize Syme’s conversation with the policeman on Embankment. What is the result of this conversation?
Paired Resources
“A Brief History of Scotland Yard”
By G. K. Chesterton