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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Constable.
(b) Bertozzo.
(c) The Maniac.
(d) The Superintendent.

2. 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?"
(a) The Reporter.
(b) The Constable.
(c) The Maniac.
(d) The Superintendent.

3. What did the police do with the one bomb which was recovered undetonated?
(a) Blew it up.
(b) Gave it to the Russians.
(c) Sent it to the lab.
(d) Had it examined.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What are the Maniac, the Superintendent, and Sports Jacket doing when Act 2 begins?
(a) Arguing.
(b) Crying.
(c) Fleeing.
(d) Singing.

10. Who says, "Its purpose is to establish whether or not the anarchist was still completely alive at the moment when he flew out of the window"?
(a) The Journalist.
(b) The Superintendent.
(c) The Constable.
(d) The Maniac.

11. Where did the Maniac witness the "laughter interrogations" while staying in a hotel near police headquarters?
(a) Bergamo.
(b) Sicily.
(c) Milan.
(d) Rome.

12. What was different about the "real bomb" as opposed to the bomb in the room, according to Bertozzo?
(a) It was more complex.
(b) It was child's play.
(c) It was diffused.
(d) It was simpler.

13. The common consensus in the beginning of Act 2 is that the Anarchist felt what at 8pm?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Tranquil.
(c) Suicidal.
(d) Irate.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tears up the President's portrait?

2. What does the journalist ask if she may use during the interview?

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

4. What does the reporter say that they've got down to the game of in Act 2?

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

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