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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 does Bertozzo say that he knows, when meeting the Maniac with the reporter?

2. What was different about the "real bomb" as opposed to the bomb in the room, according to Bertozzo?

3. How many people does the Superintendent say were in the room around midnight?

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

5. Who says to the reporter that being ahead of time is "all important" for the police?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What "new character" does the Maniac reveal himself to be in Act 2, Scene 1? How do the others react?

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

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

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

6. What do the Superintendent and Sports Jacket do regarding Bertozzo's protestations regarding the Maniac?

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

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

9. What does the journalist say about the Anarchist's death being an accident? What is she implying?

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 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 2

Discuss the plot structure of Accidental Death of an Anarchist. Define and give examples of the terms action, rising action, climax, and falling action in your discussion.

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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