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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 Maniac make sounds of in the background while on the phone?
(a) Screaming.
(b) A siren.
(c) Someone at the door.
(d) Laughter.

2. Who tells the judge, "No, we wanted to prove that the 'raptus' couldn't have been caused by our deceptions, by our false statements?"
(a) The Constable.
(b) The Superintendent.
(c) Sports Shirt.
(d) Dr. Antonio.

3. What does the Maniac accuse the Inspector of being ignorant of?
(a) Basic Italian grammar.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Psychiatry.
(d) Basic English language.

4. 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'?"
(a) The Journalist.
(b) The Commissioner.
(c) The Inspector.
(d) The Maniac.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls on the phone when the Maniac is alone in the room in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. What does the illness the Maniac suffers from cause him to do compulsively?

3. What does the Maniac suggest to the Superintendent regarding Sports Jacket in Act 1, Scene 2?

4. In what city does the play take place?

5. How many "versions" of the statement regarding the anarchist's death are there?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the phone call regarding which the Maniac takes in Act 1, Scene 1?

5. What do Sports Jacket and the Superintendent do at the Maniac's request for recreating the scene?

6. What does the Maniac tell the person on the phone about his message in Act 1, Scene 1?

7. How does the Maniac react when Bertozzo says if he will just sign the statement, he will let him go?

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

9. In what state is the Superintendent when he enters in Act 1, Scene 2? Why?

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

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