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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Maniac do into the phone and pretend it's Bertozzo?
(a) Hiccups.
(b) Blows a razzberry.
(c) Sneezes.
(d) Coughs.

2. What does the Maniac practice after his phone call in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) A stutter.
(b) An Irish accent.
(c) A walk.
(d) A Jewish accent.

3. Who does the Superintendent initially mistake the Maniac for?
(a) A spy.
(b) A reporter.
(c) An anarchist.
(d) A policeman.

4. What does the Maniac accuse the Inspector of being ignorant of?
(a) Psychiatry.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Basic English language.
(d) Basic Italian grammar.

5. Where do the Superintendent and Sports Jacket say they got the news that the anarchist dancer had confessed?
(a) From the dancer's wife.
(b) They made it up.
(c) From the dancer.
(d) From a witness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Maniac tell the person on the phone that Bertozzo is doing?

2. Who does the Maniac pretend to be while on the phone in Act 1, Scene 1?

3. What does the Maniac ask the Superintendent if he hadn't had as a kid?

4. 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'?"

5. Who is alone in the room at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

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