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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, "All right, all right, don't pull those long faces. Cheer up! I promise that from this moment on I won't poke fun at you anymore. The proceedings will be absolutely serious?"
(a) The Constable.
(b) The Maniac.
(c) The Superintendent.
(d) Sports Jacket.

2. Who says, "Do people demand a really just system? Well, we'll arrange it so that they'll be satisfied with one that's a little less unjust?"
(a) The Maniac.
(b) The Superintendent.
(c) The Reporter.
(d) The Constable.

3. Who says, regarding the journalist, "Don't you understand yet that I'm in the same boat with you guys? People like her you have to try to get on your side, not against you?"
(a) The Constable.
(b) Bertozzo.
(c) The Superintendent.
(d) The Maniac.

4. Who slips and falls on the marble in front of the reporter?
(a) Bertozzo.
(b) Sports Jacket.
(c) The Superintendent.
(d) The Maniac.

5. Where does the Maniac reassure everyone he's from, while taking the box from Bertozzo?
(a) The Headquarters of Headquarters.
(b) The Scientific Division
(c) The CIA.
(d) The Vatican.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Maniac say they have changed the police motto to?

2. Where does the Superintendent refer to there being spies to the reporter when he claps his hands?

3. What does Bertozzo bring in during the interview with the reporter?

4. What does the Maniac tell Sports Jacket he's done when he slaps him on the back?

5. The common consensus in the beginning of Act 2 is that the Anarchist felt what at 8pm?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the Maniac respond to the journalist's questioning? How do the others?

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

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

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

6. What does the journalist suggest regarding the Anarchist's alibi?

7. What does Bertozzo do in the climax of the play in Act 2? How does he regain control of the room?

8. What does Bertozzo slip out regarding the bomb to the journalist? What do the others do?

9. What does the Maniac argue regarding the alibi witnesses? How does the journalist respond to this argument?

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

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