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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 Bertozzo admit it seems the "real bomb" was probably made by?
(a) Laymen.
(b) Railroad workers.
(c) Military professionals.
(d) Scientists.

2. What is the name of the journalist who arrives in Act 2?
(a) Sophia Faroni.
(b) Maria Feletti.
(c) Maria Roloni.
(d) Maria Linguini.

3. What does the Superintendent tell the reporter is "is the backbone of every civilized nation?"
(a) Corruption.
(b) Lying.
(c) Scaring the public.
(d) Gathering intelligence.

4. Why did the judge rule the alibis unreliable?
(a) They were elderly and in poor health.
(b) They were associated with the bombing.
(c) They were known criminals.
(d) They were rich.

5. Where does the phrase "headquarters had no head, 'cause the head man was in bed" come from, according to the Maniac?
(a) The Johnny Carson Show.
(b) A nursery rhyme.
(c) A sit-com.
(d) An old vaudeville routine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the Maniac, are scandals the fertilizer for?

2. When does the reporter have to turn in her article?

3. What piece of evidence does the Maniac say proves that the officer tried to save the Anarchist?

4. What does the Maniac do accidentally with his "eye?"

5. Who does Bertozzo say that he knows, when meeting the Maniac with the reporter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Maniac re-costume himself as before the reporter arrives? What do the others say?

2. What "new character" does the Maniac reveal himself to be in Act 2, Scene 1? How do the others react?

3. How does the Maniac react to the "second version" of the statement about the Anarchist? What question remains?

4. What does the journalist ask about the police interaction with the bomber? How does the Superintendent reply?

5. What information is learned from the phone call during the meeting of the Maniac and the police officers? What reaction does this cause?

6. What is the Maniac's costume comprised of in Act 2?

7. What does the Maniac joke about regarding the "laughter" in the interrogation with the Anarchist?

8. What does the journalist ask the Superintendent first in her interview?

9. What documentation does the journalist present regarding recent bombings?

10. What do the Superintendent and Sports Jacket do regarding Bertozzo's protestations regarding the Maniac?

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