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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the phrase "headquarters had no head, 'cause the head man was in bed" come from, according to the Maniac?
(a) An old vaudeville routine.
(b) A sit-com.
(c) The Johnny Carson Show.
(d) A nursery rhyme.

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

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

4. What does Bertozzo not know about in Act 2?
(a) The Maniac's true identity.
(b) The incriminating evidence.
(c) The judge's orders.
(d) The "counter-investigation."

5. Where has the reporter heard of this "nickname" for the investigator in Act 2?
(a) A jury.
(b) A policeman.
(c) Another anarchist.
(d) A judge.

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

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

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

9. Who does the Maniac finally tell the reporter he really is?
(a) A bishop.
(b) The Pope.
(c) A judge.
(d) A terrorist.

10. What kind of false hand does the Maniac take out to replace his once it falls off?
(a) A claw.
(b) A hairy one.
(c) A hook.
(d) A woman's.

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

12. Who says, "Bertozzo, you say something too; try to show that we're not asleep in our division, either?"
(a) The Superintendent.
(b) Sports Jacket.
(c) The Maniac.
(d) The Constable.

13. Who does Bertozzo say that he knows, when meeting the Maniac with the reporter?
(a) Inspector Piconi.
(b) Captain Piccinni.
(c) Captain Rossini.
(d) Inspector Rosetti.

14. What was found at the base of the Anarchist's neck?
(a) Warts.
(b) A stab wound.
(c) A gunshot wound.
(d) Bruises.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many shoes are in the equation in Act 2?

2. What is the name of the journalist who arrives in Act 2?

3. What piece of evidence does the Maniac say proves that the officer tried to save the Anarchist?

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

5. What does the reporter remark upon when meeting Sports Jacket?

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