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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) Intentional suicide.
(b) Rhetorical response.
(c) Jesuit dialectics.
(d) Sarcastic wordplay.

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

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

4. What does the Maniac say they have changed the police motto to?
(a) "The police is at the service of the citizens."
(b) "The last day is coming. Run and hide!"
(c) "The police is at the service of the citizens, to entertain them!"
(d) "The policeman's work is never done."

5. Where is the letter from which the reporter produces speaking of Sports Jacket?
(a) San Salvador prison.
(b) San Vittore prison.
(c) San Ulelisi prison.
(d) Rome Institution.

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

7. Who says, regarding the journalist, "Don't you understand yet that I'm in the same boat with you guys? People like her you have to try to get on your side, not against you?"
(a) The Superintendent.
(b) The Maniac.
(c) Bertozzo.
(d) The Constable.

8. Who does the Maniac say decided to change the police motto in Rome?
(a) The Police Headquarters.
(b) The Pope.
(c) The President.
(d) Ministry of the Interior.

9. How many of those dynamite attacks which have taken place were tied to fascists?
(a) 170.
(b) 100.
(c) 98.
(d) 102.

10. What does the Maniac say about Bertozzo's ability with weaponry?
(a) He's just a hobbyist.
(b) He's a top expert.
(c) He's shy but experienced.
(d) He's ingenius.

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

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

13. 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) Bertozzo.
(b) The Constable.
(c) Sports Jacket.
(d) The Maniac.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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"?

3. What does Bertozzo bring in during the interview with the reporter?

4. Where does the Superintendent refer to there being spies to the reporter when he claps his hands?

5. The common consensus in the beginning of Act 2 is that the Anarchist felt what at 8pm?

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