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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Manic, why do innocent people invent crimes?
(a) To make fun of the police.
(b) To get laughing interrogations.
(c) To commit forgery.
(d) To wreck their lives.

2. What is the term which refers to the Superintendent's referral to the fact that they're on a stage?
(a) Alienation effect.
(b) Hyper-realism.
(c) Realism.
(d) Romantic theater.

3. Who remarks to the reporter, "Oh, we often call for stretchers, just in case, because you never know . . . and sometimes we hit it at just the right minute, as you see?"
(a) The Maniac.
(b) The Constable.
(c) Sports Jacket.
(d) Bertozzo.

4. When does the Maniac say that the raptus comes in the story in Act 2?
(a) At 7 p.m.
(b) At 6 a.m.
(c) At 8 p.m.
(d) Near midnight.

5. When, according to the reporter, did the phone call to the ambulance take place?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Two minutes before 12.
(c) Three minutes after 12.
(d) Two minutes after 12.

6. 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.

7. Who does the Maniac impersonate when the journalist arrives?
(a) The Superintendent.
(b) A coat rack.
(c) Bertozzo.
(d) A forensics expert.

8. Who was one of the infiltrators in the Anarchists' circle?
(a) The Superintendent.
(b) The Maniac.
(c) A well-known Roman fascist.
(d) The Pope.

9. Where does Bertozzo say he knows the forensics expert from?
(a) The Police Academy.
(b) High School.
(c) Grade School.
(d) Their wives.'

10. 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 Maniac.
(b) Bertozzo.
(c) The Superintendent.
(d) The reporter.

11. When does the reporter have to turn in her article?
(a) This evening.
(b) Next week.
(c) In three days.
(d) In two days.

12. What does the Maniac tell Sports Jacket he has, thus to be careful slapping him on the back?
(a) A glass eye.
(b) A fake nose.
(c) A brain aneurism.
(d) A tremor.

13. What, according to the Maniac, are scandals the fertilizer for?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Western Democracy.
(c) Communism.
(d) Eastern Philosophy.

14. What does the Superintendent tell the reporter is "is the backbone of every civilized nation?"
(a) Scaring the public.
(b) Gathering intelligence.
(c) Corruption.
(d) Lying.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Maniac say about Bertozzo's ability with weaponry?

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?"

3. What does the Maniac tell the officer he has slipped upon?

4. The Maniac asks when examining the Anarchist's jump who in the room acted as his what?

5. Who does the Maniac say decided to change the police motto in Rome?

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