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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the Anarchist ask for after the Superintendent told him his friend confessed?
(a) A chair.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) A drink.
(d) A rope.

3. Who witnessed the fall of the anarchist?
(a) A judge.
(b) The Maniac.
(c) A blind man.
(d) A reporter.

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

5. Where is the call coming from which the Maniac answers?
(a) The courthouse.
(b) The jail.
(c) Next door.
(d) The fourth floor.

6. What does the Maniac tell the Constable when he asks what's going on in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) A murder.
(b) A trial.
(c) A raptus.
(d) A circus.

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

8. What is Sports Jacket massaging in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) His face.
(b) His hand.
(c) His leg.
(d) His head.

9. What does the Maniac say that an Anarchist cares about above all else?
(a) Love.
(b) Violence.
(c) His job.
(d) His anarchy.

10. The Maniac tells the Superintendent and Sports Jacket that they have to provide irrefutable arguments proving what happened during those four hours?
(a) The anarchist overcame his depression.
(b) The anarchist wept.
(c) The anarchist admitted his crimes.
(d) The anarchist was proven guilty.

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

12. What does the Maniac return for in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) His moustache.
(b) His suitcase.
(c) His papers.
(d) His chair.

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

14. What had the Anarchist been "seized by" leading to his death?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A fever.
(c) A disease.
(d) A raptus.

15. Where does the Maniac learn there will be a judge arriving from?
(a) London.
(b) Rome.
(c) Sicily.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the testimony, "The railroad worker calmed down and stated that he and the ex-dancer were __________."

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

4. What, according to the Maniac, does no one think more about than the anarchist?

5. What does the Maniac take from by the door as he exits the office in Act 1, Scene 1?

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