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

2. Who says, in Act 2, "I swear to you, I know that guy. He's never been in the police; he's wearing a disguise"?
(a) The reporter.
(b) Bertozzo.
(c) The Superintendent.
(d) The Maniac.

3. What does the report say which disputes the statement that the officer grabbed the Anarchist as he fell?
(a) He fell backwards.
(b) He was wearing both shoes.
(c) His tie was undone.
(d) His glasses were broken.

4. What is discovered about the Maniac when he walks around the desk speaking to the reporter?
(a) A fake beard.
(b) A peg leg.
(c) A rash.
(d) A false nose.

5. What is Sports Jacket referred to as by other Anarchists?
(a) Iron Fists.
(b) Window Straddler.
(c) The Killer.
(d) Mugger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the phrase "headquarters had no head, 'cause the head man was in bed" come from, according to the Maniac?

2. What does Bertozzo rip off the Maniac in Act 2?

3. What does the Superintendent say they were all doing just before midnight?

4. What does the reporter say that they've got down to the game of in Act 2?

5. Where is the letter from which the reporter produces speaking of Sports Jacket?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Maniac ask regarding the window during the Anarchist's interrogation? What is the reply?

2. What does the journalist say about the Anarchist's death being an accident? What is she implying?

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

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

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

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

7. What is the Maniac's reaction to the explanations behind the Anarchist's jump?

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

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

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

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