1. Who calls on the phone when the Maniac is alone in the room in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Yellow Blazer.
(b) Sports Jacket.
(c) The Registrar.
(d) The Superintendent.

2. Where does the Superintendent claim he and Sports Jacket were when the Anarchist jumped out the window?
(a) In the room.
(b) Outside the window.
(c) In court.
(d) Outside the room.

3. Who says to the reporter that being ahead of time is "all important" for the police?
(a) Bertozzo.
(b) The Superintendent.
(c) The Constable.
(d) The Maniac.

4. Where do the Superintendent and Sports Jacket say they got the news that the anarchist dancer had confessed?
(a) From a witness.
(b) From the dancer's wife.
(c) They made it up.
(d) From the dancer.

5. What is the file cabinet filled with that the Maniac examines in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Marriage licenses.
(b) Birth certificates.
(c) Citations.
(d) Death certificates.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?"

2. Who says in Act 1, Scene 2, "No lord ever killed a good hunting dog to satisfy a peasant! If anything, it's been the other way around?"

3. Where does the Maniac say the judge had been previously?

4. Which character says, "Yeah, they sure do look . . . excuse the expression . . . a little up shit creek, as they say?"

5. What instinctive gesture did the Anarchist not do when falling to his death?

(see the answer key)

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