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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Maniac practice after his phone call in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) A stutter.
(b) A walk.
(c) An Irish accent.
(d) A Jewish accent.

2. Who says, "Yes, your honor, they had just left the room when he jumped out"?
(a) The Maniac.
(b) Sports Jacket.
(c) The Constable.
(d) The Superintendent.

3. Who tells the judge, "No, we wanted to prove that the 'raptus' couldn't have been caused by our deceptions, by our false statements?"
(a) Sports Shirt.
(b) Dr. Antonio.
(c) The Constable.
(d) The Superintendent.

4. From what floor did the Anarchist jump?
(a) The fourth.
(b) The third.
(c) The Fifth.
(d) The second.

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 Journalist.
(b) The Maniac.
(c) The Commissioner.
(d) The Inspector.

6. What, according to the Maniac, does no one think more about than the anarchist?
(a) His death.
(b) His bombings.
(c) His suicide.
(d) His retirement.

7. What is the Maniac excited about that he's going to do after hanging up the phone?
(a) Find the Anarchist.
(b) Free the prisoners.
(c) Impersonate Bertozzo.
(d) Impersonate the judge.

8. Who does the Maniac pretend to be while on the phone in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Bertozzo's wife.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A judge.
(d) Bertozzo's assistant.

9. What does the Maniac suggest the Superintendent and Sports Jacket do, given their situation, in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Run for cover.
(b) Kill the judge.
(c) Escape to Taiwan.
(d) Jump out the window.

10. What is the Maniac being charged with in Act 1?
(a) Bombing a bank.
(b) Impersonating a veterenarian.
(c) Impersonating a policeman.
(d) Impersonating a psychiatrist.

11. Whose fault does the Maniac's say it is that the Superintendent and Sports Jacket almost jumped?
(a) The anarchist's.
(b) His mother's.
(c) His own.
(d) The government's.

12. What had the Anarchist been accused of bombing?
(a) A bank.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A school.
(d) A restaurant.

13. Who is alone in the room at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) The Maniac.
(b) Sports Jacket.
(c) Bertozzo.
(d) The Anarchist.

14. What does the Maniac begin to do before the phone rings in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Creep out the door.
(b) Burn the file cabinet.
(c) Jump out the window.
(d) Call his mother.

15. From where does the Maniac's card say he's a former professor?
(a) University of Sicily.
(b) University of Quinoa.
(c) University of Padova.
(d) University of Indianapolis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Maniac say is the sentence for "provocation and violence resulting in harm to a defenseless and disabled individual incapable of acting responsibility for his or her own actions?"

2. What happens to Bertozzo at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?

3. What does the Maniac tell the person on the phone that Bertozzo is doing?

4. What had the Anarchist been "seized by" leading to his death?

5. In what version of the statement was it stated that the anarchist, looking "beaten-down," had lit a cigarette and commented in a tragic voice, "this is the end of the anarchist movement?"

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