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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. What does the Maniac practice after his phone call in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. Who does the Maniac demand be brought into the office with him and Sports Jacket in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. What does the Maniac threaten to do to the Inspector?

4. Who does the Maniac laugh that he would love to see caught up in the Anarchist scandal?

5. What does the Maniac offer to assist with on the report in Act 1, Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Superintendent's report claim the Anarchist suffered? What is this?

2. What does the Maniac do when the phone rings in the office in Act 1, Scene 1?

3. What does the time difference in the "raptus" versus the suicide seem to indicate to the Maniac?

4. How does the Maniac offer to help out the Superintendent and Sports Jacket with their second version?

5. How does the Maniac trip up the Superintendent on his story?

6. How does the Maniac say he "trained" for his work as a psychiatrist?

7. What do the police records show regarding the Maniac's history? How does he respond to these allegations?

8. What does the Maniac tell Bertozzo about grammar in Act 1, Scene 1?

9. How does the Maniac feel after taking the phone call in Act 1, Scene 1? Why?

10. What does the Maniac return for in Act 1, Scene 1? What does he find?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Fo's use of Irony in Accidental Death of an Anarchist. What is Irony? How are the three types of Irony employed in the play? Who employs them?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the character of the Maniac with that of the police officers. How is he different? What similarities do they have?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Accidental Death of an Anarchist to a play of the Commedia dell'arte style. What similarities exist between the two? What differences? What character might be what stock character from Commedia? Why?

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