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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, 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) Bertozzo.
(b) The Superintendent.
(c) The Constable.
(d) The Maniac.

2. According to the reporter, "the report on the _____ of the fall seems to be missing from the judge's dossier."
(a) Parabola.
(b) Angle.
(c) Distance.
(d) Depth.

3. What does the Maniac say he's had in his briefcase the entire time, at the end of the play?
(a) A slingshot.
(b) A gun.
(c) Proof of the Anarchist's suicide.
(d) A tape recorder.

4. Who does the Maniac finally tell the reporter he really is?
(a) The Pope.
(b) A bishop.
(c) A terrorist.
(d) A judge.

5. Who does Bertozzo say that he knows, when meeting the Maniac with the reporter?
(a) Captain Rossini.
(b) Inspector Rosetti.
(c) Captain Piccinni.
(d) Inspector Piconi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Maniac tell Sports Jacket is the first rule in interviews?

2. What does the Superintendent accuse the Maniac of doing to them in Act 2?

3. When, according to the reporter, did the phone call to the ambulance take place?

4. Why did the judge rule the alibis unreliable?

5. Who, according to the reporter, did the Roman judge hold mainly responsible for organizing and fomenting the attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bertozzo's reaction to meeting the "Forensics Expert" from Rome?

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

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

4. What does the journalist remark regarding the situation with the bomb which Bertozzo relayed?

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

6. What does the Maniac say to the journalist about scandal?

7. What happens with the Maniac's "glass eye" during Act 2, Scene 1?

8. What does the outcome presented by the Maniac mean to those involved? What will be their outcome granted the evidence?

9. How does the Maniac respond to the Superintendent's excuse about the window? What is the Superintendent's concern in this exchange?

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

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