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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 time does the Superintendent say they "set the trick" with the anarchist?
(a) 8:00 p.m.
(b) 11:00 p.m.
(c) 12:00 a.m.
(d) 7:00 p.m.

2. Who says, "Yes, your honor, they had just left the room when he jumped out"?
(a) The Superintendent.
(b) Sports Jacket.
(c) The Constable.
(d) The Maniac.

3. The Maniac tells the Superintendent and Sports Jacket that they have to provide irrefutable arguments proving what happened during those four hours?
(a) The anarchist wept.
(b) The anarchist admitted his crimes.
(c) The anarchist was proven guilty.
(d) The anarchist overcame his depression.

4. What does the Maniac say is the sentence for "provocation and violence resulting in harm to a defenseless and disabled individual incapable of acting responsibility for his or her own actions?"
(a) Seventeen years and loss of pension.
(b) Ten years and loss of rank.
(c) Three years and loss of rank and pension.
(d) Six to nine years and loss of pension.

5. How many times has the Maniac been arrested (including this time)?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Nine.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What took place previously in the room that Act 1, Scene 2 is set in?

2. According to the Maniac, when a judge is reaching the prime of his career, what are others his age doing?

3. What profession is, to the Maniac, the most noble?

4. From what floor did the Anarchist jump?

5. What did the Anarchist ask for after the Superintendent told him his friend confessed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does the Maniac trip up the Superintendent on his story?

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

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

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

9. What does the Maniac do with the documents he finds while in the office alone?

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

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