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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people does the Superintendent say were in the room around midnight?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

2. Who says, regarding the journalist, "Don't you understand yet that I'm in the same boat with you guys? People like her you have to try to get on your side, not against you?"
(a) The Superintendent.
(b) The Constable.
(c) The Maniac.
(d) Bertozzo.

3. Which character says, "You know why as well as I do, Inspector. That way, the 'signature of the murderers was destroyed along with the bomb?"
(a) The Superintendent.
(b) Bertozzo.
(c) The Journalist.
(d) The Maniac.

4. What does the Superintendent force Bertozzo to kiss?
(a) The reporter's hand.
(b) His ring.
(c) The maniac's ring.
(d) His hand.

5. What excuse does the Maniac give the reporter why the bomb was buried?
(a) To acquit themselves.
(b) To save the public.
(c) To kill the rats.
(d) To hide the evidence.

6. What is the name of the journalist who arrives in Act 2?
(a) Maria Feletti.
(b) Maria Roloni.
(c) Maria Linguini.
(d) Sophia Faroni.

7. What, according to the reports, was the Anarchist's death ruled as?
(a) A suicide.
(b) An accident.
(c) A mistake.
(d) A murder.

8. What does the Maniac tell Sports Jacket he's done when he slaps him on the back?
(a) Hurt his back.
(b) Knocked out his glass eye.
(c) Made him upset to his stomach.
(d) Caused an aneurism.

9. How many of those dynamite attacks which have taken place were tied to fascists?
(a) 170.
(b) 102.
(c) 98.
(d) 100.

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

11. Who says, "Tell me how you put together a bomb and I'll tell you who you are?"
(a) The Constable.
(b) Sports Jacket.
(c) The Maniac.
(d) The Superintendent.

12. What does Bertozzo admit it seems the "real bomb" was probably made by?
(a) Railroad workers.
(b) Laymen.
(c) Military professionals.
(d) Scientists.

13. How many shoes are in the equation in Act 2?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

14. What does the Maniac suggest the Anarchist might have had shoes made of?
(a) Elastic.
(b) Wood.
(c) Wool.
(d) Glass.

15. Which character says to the Maniac in Act 2, "Please. Your eminence; I flunked Latin three times!"?
(a) The Constable.
(b) The reporter.
(c) The Superintendent.
(d) Bertozzo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, according to the reporter, did the Roman judge hold mainly responsible for organizing and fomenting the attack?

2. What does the Superintendent tell the reporter is "is the backbone of every civilized nation?"

3. What does the Maniac tell Sports Jacket he has, thus to be careful slapping him on the back?

4. According to the Manic, why do innocent people invent crimes?

5. Where does Bertozzo say he knows the forensics expert from?

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