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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. Which character says, "Yeah, they sure do look . . . excuse the expression . . . a little up shit creek, as they say?"
(a) The Constable.
(b) The Superintendent.
(c) The Maniac.
(d) Sports Jacket.

2. Who says, "When he's in the right mood, you should see the side-splitting interrogations he does . . . ha, ha, ha, you could die laughing!"
(a) The Superintendent.
(b) The Constable.
(c) The Maniac.
(d) Sports Jacket.

3. Where does the phrase "headquarters had no head, 'cause the head man was in bed" come from, according to the Maniac?
(a) A nursery rhyme.
(b) An old vaudeville routine.
(c) A sit-com.
(d) The Johnny Carson Show.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bertozzo bring in during the interview with the reporter?

2. How many people does the Superintendent say were in the room around midnight?

3. What did the police do with the one bomb which was recovered undetonated?

4. Who says, "They almost went along with it; they were desperate. The smallest pretext is sufficient when one is desperate?"

5. Who does Bertozzo say that he knows, when meeting the Maniac with the reporter?

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