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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) Murderers.
(b) Thieves.
(c) Corrupt officers.
(d) Informers.

2. What does the Maniac return for in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) His papers.
(b) His chair.
(c) His moustache.
(d) His suitcase.

3. Who tells the judge, "No, we wanted to prove that the 'raptus' couldn't have been caused by our deceptions, by our false statements?"
(a) The Constable.
(b) Dr. Antonio.
(c) The Superintendent.
(d) Sports Shirt.

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

5. How many "versions" of the statement regarding the anarchist's death are there?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sports Jacket massaging in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. Who consistently backs up the story that the Maniac feeds the Superintendent and Sports Jacket about their conversation with the anarchist?

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

4. What does the Maniac instruct the Superintendent to do as he examines the documents?

5. 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?"

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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