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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why did the judge rule the alibis unreliable?
(a) They were elderly and in poor health.
(b) They were known criminals.
(c) They were rich.
(d) They were associated with the bombing.

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

7. 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 Maniac.
(b) The Superintendent.
(c) The Journalist.
(d) Bertozzo.

8. Who tears up the President's portrait?
(a) Sports Jacket.
(b) The Reporter.
(c) The Maniac.
(d) Bertozzo.

9. 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 Superintendent.
(b) The Constable.
(c) The Maniac.
(d) Sports Jacket.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the reporter, who used a curious term when he was making his concluding remarks?

2. What does Bertozzo admit it seems the "real bomb" was probably made by?

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

4. What was found at the base of the Anarchist's neck?

5. How many people does the Superintendent say were in the room around midnight?

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