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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Maniac begin to do before the phone rings in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Burn the file cabinet.
(b) Jump out the window.
(c) Call his mother.
(d) Creep out the door.

2. What was the Anarchist's occupation?
(a) Physician.
(b) Architect.
(c) Professor.
(d) Railway worker.

3. Who says, "These characters have the power to save or destroy however and whenever they will: they toss out certain life sentences just the way someone might say, 'maybe it will rain tomorrow'?"
(a) The Inspector.
(b) The Commissioner.
(c) The Maniac.
(d) The Journalist.

4. What is Bertozzo late for after speaking with the Maniac?
(a) Picking up his wife.
(b) Court.
(c) A meeting.
(d) Getting his clothes from the cleaners.

5. What does Bertozzo ask the Maniac if he's ever impersonated?
(a) A dog.
(b) A judge.
(c) A child.
(d) A teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the judge and the Superintendent say definitely contributed to the Anarchist's suicidal breakdown?

2. Where does the Maniac learn there will be a judge arriving from?

3. Why does the Maniac learn the judge is coming?

4. What does the illness the Maniac suffers from cause him to do compulsively?

5. What is Sports Jacket massaging in Act 1, Scene 2?

(see the answer key)

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