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

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

3. What is discovered about the Maniac when he walks around the desk speaking to the reporter?
(a) A fake beard.
(b) A false nose.
(c) A rash.
(d) A peg leg.

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

5. What does the Maniac suggest as the reason why it wasn't cold at midnight in December?
(a) The sun hadn't gone down.
(b) There was a fire in the room.
(c) There was love in the air.
(d) There was global warming.

6. 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) Sports Jacket.
(c) The Constable.
(d) Bertozzo.

7. What is Sports Jacket referred to as by other Anarchists?
(a) Mugger.
(b) The Killer.
(c) Iron Fists.
(d) Window Straddler.

8. What happens when Sports Jacket shakes the Maniac's hand after explaining the bomb scenario?
(a) It melts.
(b) It comes off.
(c) He breaks it.
(d) It shatters.

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

10. What was different about the "real bomb" as opposed to the bomb in the room, according to Bertozzo?
(a) It was diffused.
(b) It was simpler.
(c) It was more complex.
(d) It was child's play.

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

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

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

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

15. Who says, "Do people demand a really just system? Well, we'll arrange it so that they'll be satisfied with one that's a little less unjust?"
(a) The Constable.
(b) The Maniac.
(c) The Reporter.
(d) The Superintendent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the term which refers to the Superintendent's referral to the fact that they're on a stage?

2. What does the reporter say that they've got down to the game of in Act 2?

3. What does the Maniac wear in disguise when meeting the reporter?

4. Where has the reporter heard of this "nickname" for the investigator in Act 2?

5. According to the reporter, "the report on the _____ of the fall seems to be missing from the judge's dossier."

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