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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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) Realism.
(c) Romantic theater.
(d) Hyper-realism.

4. What does the Maniac tell the officer he has slipped upon?
(a) A bullet.
(b) A thumb-tack.
(c) His glass eye.
(d) A marble.

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

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

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

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

9. How many dynamite attacks does the reporter say have taken place until today?
(a) 200.
(b) 100.
(c) 173.
(d) 160.

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

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

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

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

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

15. 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) Sports Jacket.
(c) The Constable.
(d) The Maniac.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?"

3. What was different about the "real bomb" as opposed to the bomb in the room, according to Bertozzo?

4. What, according to the Maniac, are scandals the fertilizer for?

5. Who, according to the reporter, did the Roman judge hold mainly responsible for organizing and fomenting the attack?

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