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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 does the Superintendent yell at Sports Jacket for upon his entrance?
(a) Ordering him and punching Bertozzo.
(b) Ordering him and calling the Judge.
(c) Complaining about wanting a raise.
(d) Filing court orders without permission.

2. What name does the Maniac claim is his while on the phone in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Anghiari.
(b) Misraeli.
(c) Bertozzo.
(d) Girolli.

3. Where does the Maniac suggest he might know the Superintendent from?
(a) Fighting in the war.
(b) A concentration camp.
(c) Prison.
(d) Law school.

4. Who says in Act 1, Scene 2, "No lord ever killed a good hunting dog to satisfy a peasant! If anything, it's been the other way around?"
(a) The Superintendent.
(b) The Maniac.
(c) The Constable.
(d) Sports Jacket.

5. Who asks, "But did you really have the proof?" in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) The Maniac.
(b) The Superintendent.
(c) The Big Man.
(d) The Officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "These characters have the power to save or destroy however and whenever they will: they toss out certain life sentences just the way someone might say, 'maybe it will rain tomorrow'?"

2. Who does the Maniac demand be brought into the office with him and Sports Jacket in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. How many mental institutions does the Maniac proclaim to have been in?

4. What do the Superintendent and Sports Jacket ask of the Maniac in Act 1, Scene 2 once they've been told they'll be prosecuted?

5. What does the Maniac suggest the Superintendent and Sports Jacket do, given their situation, in Act 1, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the Maniac want to determine regarding the Anarchist's emotional state? How does he proceed?

5. How does the Maniac offer to help out the Superintendent and Sports Jacket with their second version?

6. What is the Maniac's suggestion to the Superintendent and Sports Jacket, considering their situation of desperation in Act 1, Scene 2?

7. What does the Maniac do when the Constable comes into the office in Act 1, Scene 2?

8. What does the Maniac realize is missing from the second version of the story?

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

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

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