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

2. What name does the Maniac claim is his while on the phone in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Girolli.
(b) Anghiari.
(c) Bertozzo.
(d) Misraeli.

3. How many times has the Maniac been convicted?
(a) Six.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Zero.

4. Who is alone in the room at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) The Anarchist.
(b) Sports Jacket.
(c) Bertozzo.
(d) The Maniac.

5. From what floor did the Anarchist jump?
(a) The Fifth.
(b) The fourth.
(c) The third.
(d) The second.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Maniac tell the person on the phone that Bertozzo is doing?

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

3. What was the Anarchist's occupation?

4. What does the Superintendent yell at Sports Jacket for upon his entrance?

5. What had the Anarchist been accused of bombing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the Maniac return for in Act 1, Scene 1? What does he find?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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