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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the Maniac say they have changed the police motto to?
2. Who slips and falls on the marble in front of the reporter?
3. What does the Maniac wear in disguise when meeting the reporter?
4. Why did the judge rule the alibis unreliable?
5. What does the Superintendent say they were all doing just before midnight?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the Superintendent and Sports Jacket do regarding Bertozzo's protestations regarding the Maniac?
2. What does the Maniac argue regarding the alibi witnesses? How does the journalist respond to this argument?
3. What does the Maniac say to the journalist about scandal?
4. What information is learned from the phone call during the meeting of the Maniac and the police officers? What reaction does this cause?
5. What does Bertozzo slip out regarding the bomb to the journalist? What do the others do?
6. What does the Maniac joke about regarding the "laughter" in the interrogation with the Anarchist?
7. What does the journalist ask Bertozzo about the bomb when he enters? What is his reply?
8. What does the outcome presented by the Maniac mean to those involved? What will be their outcome granted the evidence?
9. What does the Maniac ask regarding the window during the Anarchist's interrogation? What is the reply?
10. Who does the Maniac quote regarding scandal? What does this quote say?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the character of the Maniac with that of the police officers. How is he different? What similarities do they have?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the slapstick elements of Accidental Death of an Anarchist. What do these actions and "bits" counterbalance? Where did slapstick originate?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the style of Accidental Death of an Anarchist. Define different stylistic elements of the play discussed in class.
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