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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 say they have changed the police motto to?
2. What kind of false hand does the Maniac take out to replace his once it falls off?
3. What did the police do with the one bomb which was recovered undetonated?
4. What are the Maniac, the Superintendent, and Sports Jacket doing when Act 2 begins?
5. What, according to the Maniac, are scandals the fertilizer for?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the Maniac respond to the journalist's questioning? How do the others?
2. What evidence does the journalist produce regarding the Anarchist's jump?
3. What is implied with the Maniac's joke regarding the "laughter" in the interrogation?
4. What does the outcome presented by the Maniac mean to those involved? What will be their outcome granted the evidence?
5. What "new character" does the Maniac reveal himself to be in Act 2, Scene 1? How do the others react?
6. What happens with the Maniac's "glass eye" during Act 2, Scene 1?
7. What does Bertozzo slip out regarding the bomb to the journalist? What do the others do?
8. What does Bertozzo do in the climax of the play in Act 2? How does he regain control of the room?
9. What does the Maniac ask regarding the window during the Anarchist's interrogation? What is the reply?
10. What does the journalist ask the Superintendent first in her interview?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the Brechtian elements of the play, particularly that of the Alienation Effect. Where is this technique employed? What effect does it have? Why did Fo choose to use it?
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
Discuss the style of Accidental Death of an Anarchist. Define different stylistic elements of the play discussed in class.
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