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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 did the police do with the one bomb which was recovered undetonated?

2. Where is the letter from which the reporter produces speaking of Sports Jacket?

3. What piece of evidence does the Maniac say proves that the officer tried to save the Anarchist?

4. The Maniac asks when examining the Anarchist's jump who in the room acted as his what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the Maniac ask regarding the window during the Anarchist's interrogation? What is the reply?

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

6. What documentation does the journalist present regarding recent bombings?

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

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

9. What evidence does the journalist produce regarding the Anarchist's jump?

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

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

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 3

Discuss foreshadowing in Accidental Death of an Anarchist. Where does foreshadowing take place? What effect does it have? Define the term in your answer and give examples from the text where this technique is used.

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