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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 does the Superintendent initially mistake the Maniac for?
(a) A reporter.
(b) A policeman.
(c) An anarchist.
(d) A spy.

2. What does the Maniac tear up when he returns to the office?
(a) His release papers.
(b) The Anarchist Report.
(c) His criminal record.
(d) His prescriptions.

3. What had the Anarchist been accused of bombing?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A school.
(d) A bank.

4. What are the documents the person on the phone requests from the Maniac?
(a) The court appearance transcript and the order for arrest.
(b) The court appearance records and death certificate.
(c) The judicial transcripts and the order to file away investigation of anarchist's death.
(d) The judicial transcripts and the death certificate.

5. How many mental institutions does the Maniac proclaim to have been in?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Nine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the "overwhelming proof" they want to get rid of the Superintendent and Sports Jacket, according to the Maniac in Act 2, Scene 2, Part 2?

2. What does Bertozzo ask the Maniac if he's ever impersonated?

3. What name does the Maniac claim is his while on the phone in Act 1, Scene 1?

4. "The anarchist did not seem affected by the accusation, but smiled in disbelief." Who made this statement?

5. Who does the Maniac tell Sports Jacket he is in the beginning of Dr. Act 1, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is described differently in the "second report?"

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

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

4. How does the Maniac convince Sports Jacket and the Superintendent to go along with his plan at the end of Act 1, Scene 2? What happens at the end of this act?

5. How does the Maniac say he "trained" for his work as a psychiatrist?

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

7. What does the Maniac tell Bertozzo about the actors he performs with?

8. How does the Maniac "prepare" after his phone call in Act 1, Scene 1?

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

10. Who/what does the Superintendent say pushed him toward the "raptus?" How does the Maniac reply?

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