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

2. Where did the Maniac witness the "laughter interrogations" while staying in a hotel near police headquarters?

3. 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?"

4. Who slips and falls on the marble in front of the reporter?

5. Who does the Maniac say decided to change the police motto in Rome?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relation of Accidental Death of an Anarchist to the real-life trial of Giuseppe Pinelli and his subsequent death. What characters are reflective of actual people in this public scandal? How does Fo use this as a backdrop for the themes he presents?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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