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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time did the anarchist jump from the window?
(a) Three a.m.
(b) Four a.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Eight p.m.

2. Who says, "Yes, your honor, they had just left the room when he jumped out"?
(a) The Constable.
(b) The Maniac.
(c) The Superintendent.
(d) Sports Jacket.

3. What does the Maniac take from by the door as he exits the office in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) A cane and shawl.
(b) A hat and coat.
(c) A wig and glasses.
(d) A ladies' dress.

4. What happens to Bertozzo at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) He trips and falls.
(b) He gets punched.
(c) He trips on the phone cord.
(d) He falls out the window.

5. Who does the Maniac tell Sports Jacket he is in the beginning of Dr. Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Dr. Antonio A. Antonio.
(b) Dr. Roberto Rimaldi.
(c) Dr. Guisseppe Winfried.
(d) Dr. Roberto Angroni.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "They almost went along with it; they were desperate. The smallest pretext is sufficient when one is desperate?"

2. What does the Maniac instruct the Superintendent to do as he examines the documents?

3. What does the Maniac say that the superior council has?

4. What profession is, to the Maniac, the most noble?

5. In what city does the play take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does the Maniac encounter when leaving the office the second time in Act 1, Scene 1? What does this character do?

2. How is the Maniac's treatment of the Superintendent and Sports Jacket a recreation of their statement about the Anarchist?

3. What does the Superintendent's report claim the Anarchist suffered? What is this?

4. What does the Maniac return for in Act 1, Scene 1? What does he find?

5. What do the police records show regarding the Maniac's history? How does he respond to these allegations?

6. What is the Maniac doing in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

7. What is the Superintendent and Sports Jacket's reaction to the Maniac's accusations of harsh interrogation?

8. What does the Maniac tell Bertozzo about grammar in Act 1, Scene 1?

9. What is happening in the beginning of the play? What does Bertozzo want from the Maniac?

10. What is the Maniac's justification for his "crimes" in Act 1, Scene 1?

(see the answer keys)

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