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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Maniac do to hide the fact that he's feeding the inspector lines in front of the reporter?
(a) Sneezes.
(b) Shuffles papers.
(c) Curses.
(d) Sings.

2. What does the reporter say that they've got down to the game of in Act 2?
(a) Class privelege.
(b) Family favors.
(c) The mafia.
(d) Liars and thieves.

3. Where does the Maniac reassure everyone he's from, while taking the box from Bertozzo?
(a) The Vatican.
(b) The Headquarters of Headquarters.
(c) The Scientific Division
(d) The CIA.

4. Where did the Maniac witness the "laughter interrogations" while staying in a hotel near police headquarters?
(a) Milan.
(b) Rome.
(c) Bergamo.
(d) Sicily.

5. What instinctive gesture did the Anarchist not do when falling to his death?
(a) Cover his head.
(b) Put his hands forward.
(c) Scream.
(d) Cry.

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

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

8. What does the Maniac tell the officer he has slipped upon?
(a) His glass eye.
(b) A bullet.
(c) A marble.
(d) A thumb-tack.

9. The common consensus in the beginning of Act 2 is that the Anarchist felt what at 8pm?
(a) Suicidal.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Irate.
(d) Tranquil.

10. What does the Maniac say they have changed the police motto to?
(a) "The last day is coming. Run and hide!"
(b) "The policeman's work is never done."
(c) "The police is at the service of the citizens, to entertain them!"
(d) "The police is at the service of the citizens."

11. Who says, in Act 2, "I swear to you, I know that guy. He's never been in the police; he's wearing a disguise"?
(a) The Superintendent.
(b) The Maniac.
(c) The reporter.
(d) Bertozzo.

12. What does the Superintendent say they were all doing just before midnight?
(a) Belittling the guard.
(b) Kicking each other.
(c) Kidding around.
(d) Hanging the anarchist.

13. What does the Maniac tell Sports Jacket is the first rule in interviews?
(a) Always smile.
(b) Never contradict.
(c) Never apologize.
(d) Never say yes.

14. What does the Superintendent refer to as the Maniac's "techniques?"
(a) Intentional suicide.
(b) Jesuit dialectics.
(c) Rhetorical response.
(d) Sarcastic wordplay.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Maniac suggest as the reason why it wasn't cold at midnight in December?

3. What is discovered about the Maniac when he walks around the desk speaking to the reporter?

4. What excuse does the Maniac give the reporter why the bomb was buried?

5. What does the Maniac do accidentally with his "eye?"

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