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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 say that the superior council has?
(a) Thieves.
(b) Informers.
(c) Murderers.
(d) Corrupt officers.
2. In what city does the play take place?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Milan.
(c) Rome.
(d) New York.
3. Where does the Maniac suggest he might know the Superintendent from?
(a) A concentration camp.
(b) Prison.
(c) Fighting in the war.
(d) Law school.
4. Who says, "Yes, your honor, they had just left the room when he jumped out"?
(a) The Superintendent.
(b) The Maniac.
(c) The Constable.
(d) Sports Jacket.
5. What profession is, to the Maniac, the most noble?
(a) Doctor's.
(b) Judge's.
(c) Nurse's.
(d) Teacher's.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the illness the Maniac suffers from cause him to do compulsively?
2. What is unique about the actors with whom the Maniac performs?
3. What is the Maniac excited about that he's going to do after hanging up the phone?
4. What had the Anarchist been accused of bombing?
5. What does Bertozzo do once he recognizes the Maniac leaving the office in Act 1, Scene 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is described differently in the "second report?"
2. How does the Maniac trip up the Superintendent on his story?
3. What does the Maniac return for in Act 1, Scene 1? What does he find?
4. What does the time difference in the "raptus" versus the suicide seem to indicate to the Maniac?
5. 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?
6. What does the Maniac tell Bertozzo about the actors he performs with?
7. What is the Maniac's justification for his "crimes" in Act 1, Scene 1?
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 do Sports Jacket and the Superintendent do at the Maniac's request for recreating the scene?
10. How does the Maniac react when Bertozzo says if he will just sign the statement, he will let him go?
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