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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the Maniac tell Sports Jacket he is in the beginning of Dr. Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Dr. Antonio A. Antonio.
(b) Dr. Guisseppe Winfried.
(c) Dr. Roberto Angroni.
(d) Dr. Roberto Rimaldi.

2. What are the documents the person on the phone requests from the Maniac?
(a) The court appearance records and death certificate.
(b) The court appearance transcript and the order for arrest.
(c) The judicial transcripts and the death certificate.
(d) The judicial transcripts and the order to file away investigation of anarchist's death.

3. What is unique about the actors with whom the Maniac performs?
(a) They are great tragedians.
(b) They are dogs.
(c) They are comedians.
(d) They don't know they're acting.

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

5. What does the Maniac offer to assist with on the report in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) The release.
(b) The recording.
(c) The dismissal.
(d) The typing.

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

7. What does the Maniac say he'd never like to be?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A mailman.
(c) A policeman.
(d) A judge.

8. 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.

9. Who does the Maniac demand be brought into the office with him and Sports Jacket in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Bertozzo.
(b) The Superintendent.
(c) The Judge.
(d) The Officer.

10. In whose office does the play open?
(a) The Coroner's.
(b) The Superintendent's.
(c) Bertozzo's.
(d) The Maniac's.

11. What does the Maniac say that the superior council has?
(a) Murderers.
(b) Corrupt officers.
(c) Thieves.
(d) Informers.

12. 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 admitted his crimes.
(b) The anarchist wept.
(c) The anarchist overcame his depression.
(d) The anarchist was proven guilty.

13. How many times has the Maniac been convicted?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Zero.
(d) Six.

14. What does the Superintendent yell at Sports Jacket for upon his entrance?
(a) Ordering him and calling the Judge.
(b) Ordering him and punching Bertozzo.
(c) Filing court orders without permission.
(d) Complaining about wanting a raise.

15. What does the Maniac accuse the Inspector of being ignorant of?
(a) Basic Italian grammar.
(b) Basic English language.
(c) Psychiatry.
(d) Mathematics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Maniac being charged with in Act 1?

2. What does the Maniac do into the phone and pretend it's Bertozzo?

3. Who calls on the phone when the Maniac is alone in the room in Act 1, Scene 1?

4. What does the Maniac scream out while tearing up citations in the office?

5. What does the illness the Maniac suffers from cause him to do compulsively?

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