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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who says, "All right, all right, don't pull those long faces. Cheer up! I promise that from this moment on I won't poke fun at you anymore. The proceedings will be absolutely serious?"
(a) The Maniac.
(b) The Constable.
(c) The Superintendent.
(d) Sports Jacket.

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

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

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

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

8. Who slips and falls on the marble in front of the reporter?
(a) The Superintendent.
(b) The Maniac.
(c) Sports Jacket.
(d) Bertozzo.

9. What does Bertozzo bring in during the interview with the reporter?
(a) A facsimile of the bomb.
(b) A piece of railroad track.
(c) A cannon ball.
(d) A document for the judge.

10. What does the reporter remark upon when meeting Sports Jacket?
(a) His grip.
(b) His eyes.
(c) His skin.
(d) His hair.

11. What does the Maniac do accidentally with his "eye?"
(a) Swallows it.
(b) Buries it.
(c) Drops it.
(d) Throws it out the window.

12. Who says, "When he's in the right mood, you should see the side-splitting interrogations he does . . . ha, ha, ha, you could die laughing!"
(a) The Constable.
(b) The Maniac.
(c) Sports Jacket.
(d) The Superintendent.

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

14. 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) The reporter.
(c) Bertozzo.
(d) The Superintendent.

15. What does the journalist ask if she may use during the interview?
(a) A video camera.
(b) A lie detector.
(c) An alibi.
(d) A tape recorder.

Short Answer Questions

1. When, according to the reporter, did the phone call to the ambulance take place?

2. Where is the letter from which the reporter produces speaking of Sports Jacket?

3. Where did the Maniac witness the "laughter interrogations" while staying in a hotel near police headquarters?

4. 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?"

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

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