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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. 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 Commissioner.
(b) The Journalist.
(c) The Inspector.
(d) The Maniac.

2. Whose fault does the Maniac's say it is that the Superintendent and Sports Jacket almost jumped?
(a) The anarchist's.
(b) His own.
(c) The government's.
(d) His mother's.

3. What does the Maniac tell the Constable when he asks what's going on in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) A trial.
(b) A raptus.
(c) A murder.
(d) A circus.

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?
(a) Justice.
(b) A waver.
(c) Advice.
(d) The death penalty.

5. How long does the Maniac profess to having studied Law?
(a) Six years.
(b) Three months.
(c) Nine years.
(d) Twenty years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Superintendent initially mistake the Maniac for?

2. What does the Maniac practice after his phone call in Act 1, Scene 1?

3. What does the armed robbery citation say was robbed?

4. In what city does the play take place?

5. Where does the Maniac learn there will be a judge arriving from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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 described differently in the "second report?"

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

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

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

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

9. What does the Maniac do when the phone rings in the office in Act 1, Scene 1?

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

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