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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who consistently backs up the story that the Maniac feeds the Superintendent and Sports Jacket about their conversation with the anarchist?
2. Where does the Maniac suggest he might know the Superintendent from?
3. What does the Maniac ask the Superintendent if he hadn't had as a kid?
4. Who says, "Yes, your honor, they had just left the room when he jumped out"?
5. From what floor did the Anarchist jump?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the Maniac do when the phone rings in the office in Act 1, Scene 1?
2. What is the Superintendent and Sports Jacket's reaction to the Maniac's accusations of harsh interrogation?
3. What does the Maniac realize is missing from the second version of the story?
4. What is the Maniac's suggestion to the Superintendent and Sports Jacket, considering their situation of desperation in Act 1, Scene 2?
5. What does the Maniac do with the documents he finds while in the office alone?
6. What does the Superintendent's report claim the Anarchist suffered? What is this?
7. What does the time difference in the "raptus" versus the suicide seem to indicate to the Maniac?
8. What is the Maniac doing in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
9. How does the Maniac react when Bertozzo says if he will just sign the statement, he will let him go?
10. What do Sports Jacket and the Superintendent do at the Maniac's request for recreating the scene?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the style of Accidental Death of an Anarchist. Define different stylistic elements of the play discussed in class.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the slapstick elements of Accidental Death of an Anarchist. What do these actions and "bits" counterbalance? Where did slapstick originate?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the Maniac as the role of the Raisonneur and the Trickster character. What do these terms mean? How do they apply to the Maniac? Give examples in your discussion.
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