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

2. What does the Maniac say that the judge's name is who is coming?
(a) Antonio A. Antonio.
(b) Roberto Lombarti.
(c) Antonio Romaldi.
(d) Ignatius Guisseppe.

3. In what version of the statement was it stated that the anarchist, looking "beaten-down," had lit a cigarette and commented in a tragic voice, "this is the end of the anarchist movement?"
(a) The third.
(b) The first.
(c) The second.
(d) The fourth.

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

5. What does the illness the Maniac suffers from cause him to do compulsively?
(a) Dance.
(b) Juggle.
(c) Play roles.
(d) Sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Maniac say they have to add more of to the versions of the statements they already have in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. From what floor did the Anarchist jump?

3. What is Bertozzo late for after speaking with the Maniac?

4. How many mental institutions does the Maniac proclaim to have been in?

5. What happens to Bertozzo at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What do the police records show regarding the Maniac's history? How does he respond to these allegations?

9. What is the Superintendent and Sports Jacket's reaction to the Maniac's accusations of harsh interrogation?

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

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