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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In whose office does the play open?
(a) The Superintendent's.
(b) The Maniac's.
(c) Bertozzo's.
(d) The Coroner's.

2. What name does the Maniac claim is his while on the phone in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Bertozzo.
(b) Anghiari.
(c) Misraeli.
(d) Girolli.

3. What does the Maniac tell the person on the phone that Bertozzo is doing?
(a) Leaving.
(b) Crying.
(c) Laughing at him.
(d) Firing him.

4. Who consistently backs up the story that the Maniac feeds the Superintendent and Sports Jacket about their conversation with the anarchist?
(a) The Constable.
(b) Bertozzo.
(c) Petruccio.
(d) Adolpho.

5. Who says, "These characters have the power to save or destroy however and whenever they will: they toss out certain life sentences just the way someone might say, 'maybe it will rain tomorrow'?"
(a) The Inspector.
(b) The Commissioner.
(c) The Maniac.
(d) The Journalist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the reports, was the Anarchist's death ruled as?

2. Where is the "overwhelming proof" they want to get rid of the Superintendent and Sports Jacket, according to the Maniac in Act 2, Scene 2, Part 2?

3. What does the Maniac say about Bertozzo's ability with weaponry?

4. According to the reporter, "the report on the _____ of the fall seems to be missing from the judge's dossier."

5. Which character says, "You know why as well as I do, Inspector. That way, the 'signature of the murderers was destroyed along with the bomb?"

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