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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. Where do the Superintendent and Sports Jacket say they got the news that the anarchist dancer had confessed?
(a) They made it up.
(b) From the dancer.
(c) From the dancer's wife.
(d) From a witness.

2. What does the Maniac say that the superior council has?
(a) Thieves.
(b) Corrupt officers.
(c) Murderers.
(d) Informers.

3. What does the Maniac ask the Superintendent if he hadn't had as a kid?
(a) Teddy bears.
(b) Bombs.
(c) Model ships.
(d) Toy trains.

4. What does the Maniac say prevents him from committing fraud on his business card?
(a) Falsification.
(b) Imitation.
(c) Punctuation.
(d) Lamination.

5. Why does the Maniac say he hasn't removed his hat when speaking to Sports Jacket in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) He's keeping a microphone in his hat.
(b) He's allergic to wool.
(c) He's got a large scar.
(d) There's a draft.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Maniac make sounds of in the background while on the phone?

2. What does Bertozzo do once he recognizes the Maniac leaving the office in Act 1, Scene 1?

3. What is unique about the actors with whom the Maniac performs?

4. Where does the Maniac suggest he might know the Superintendent from?

5. What does the Maniac threaten to do to the Inspector?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the Maniac say he thinks about judges?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does the Maniac feel after taking the phone call in Act 1, Scene 1? Why?

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

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