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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 Bertozzo rip off the Maniac in Act 2?

2. What does Bertozzo admit it seems the "real bomb" was probably made by?

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

4. What does the Maniac suggest the officer was actually holding in his hand?

5. When, according to the reporter, did the Anarchist jump precisely?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the journalist ask Bertozzo about the bomb when he enters? What is his reply?

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

5. Who does the Maniac quote regarding scandal? What does this quote say?

6. How does the Maniac react to the "second version" of the statement about the Anarchist? What question remains?

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

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

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

10. What does the journalist suggest regarding the Anarchist's alibi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss "Conflict" in the play. What is the overarching conflict? What are underlying conflicts? Give examples of these. Define the term in your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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