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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 they have to add more of to the versions of the statements they already have in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Corruption.
(b) Plausibility.
(c) Lies.
(d) Truth.

2. 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) The Superintendent.
(c) Sports Shirt.
(d) Dr. Antonio.

3. What is the file cabinet filled with that the Maniac examines in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Death certificates.
(b) Citations.
(c) Marriage licenses.
(d) Birth certificates.

4. Who says, "They almost went along with it; they were desperate. The smallest pretext is sufficient when one is desperate?"
(a) Sports Jacket.
(b) The Superintendent.
(c) The Maniac.
(d) The Constable.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Maniac scream out while tearing up citations in the office?

2. What time does the Superintendent say they "set the trick" with the anarchist?

3. How many times has the Maniac been convicted?

4. What does the illness the Maniac suffers from cause him to do compulsively?

5. Who does the Maniac demand be brought into the office with him and Sports Jacket in Act 1, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does the time difference in the "raptus" versus the suicide seem to indicate to the Maniac?

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

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

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

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