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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many citizens were killed in the bombing by the accused Anarchist?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Nineteen.

2. The Maniac tells the Superintendent and Sports Jacket that they have to provide irrefutable arguments proving what happened during those four hours?
(a) The anarchist was proven guilty.
(b) The anarchist admitted his crimes.
(c) The anarchist overcame his depression.
(d) The anarchist wept.

3. What name does the Maniac claim is his while on the phone in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Anghiari.
(b) Misraeli.
(c) Girolli.
(d) Bertozzo.

4. According to the Maniac, when a judge is reaching the prime of his career, what are others his age doing?
(a) Dying.
(b) Quitting.
(c) Starting out.
(d) Retiring.

5. Who says, "They almost went along with it; they were desperate. The smallest pretext is sufficient when one is desperate?"
(a) The Constable.
(b) The Superintendent.
(c) The Maniac.
(d) Sports Jacket.

6. What does the Maniac instruct the Superintendent to do as he examines the documents?
(a) Leave and go home.
(b) Give him money for coffee.
(c) Recreate his entrance.
(d) Go get him coffee.

7. Where is the call coming from which the Maniac answers?
(a) The fourth floor.
(b) The jail.
(c) The courthouse.
(d) Next door.

8. Who does the Maniac pretend to be while on the phone in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Bertozzo's wife.
(b) Bertozzo's assistant.
(c) A nurse.
(d) A judge.

9. Who does the Maniac laugh that he would love to see caught up in the Anarchist scandal?
(a) The Pope.
(b) The Head Commissioner.
(c) Bertozzo.
(d) The Prime Minister.

10. What does the illness the Maniac suffers from cause him to do compulsively?
(a) Sing.
(b) Play roles.
(c) Juggle.
(d) Dance.

11. What does the Maniac suggest the Superintendent and Sports Jacket do, given their situation, in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Escape to Taiwan.
(b) Run for cover.
(c) Jump out the window.
(d) Kill the judge.

12. What is the Maniac being charged with in Act 1?
(a) Impersonating a policeman.
(b) Impersonating a veterenarian.
(c) Impersonating a psychiatrist.
(d) Bombing a bank.

13. In what version of the statement was it stated that the anarchist, looking "beaten-down," had lit a cigarette and commented in a tragic voice, "this is the end of the anarchist movement?"
(a) The third.
(b) The first.
(c) The second.
(d) The fourth.

14. What does the Maniac say prevents him from committing fraud on his business card?
(a) Lamination.
(b) Punctuation.
(c) Imitation.
(d) Falsification.

15. Who says in Act 1, Scene 2, "No lord ever killed a good hunting dog to satisfy a peasant! If anything, it's been the other way around?"
(a) Sports Jacket.
(b) The Constable.
(c) The Maniac.
(d) The Superintendent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Superintendent claim he and Sports Jacket were when the Anarchist jumped out the window?

2. What does Bertozzo do once he recognizes the Maniac leaving the office in Act 1, Scene 1?

3. What does the Maniac say they have to add more of to the versions of the statements they already have in Act 1, Scene 2?

4. On what floor of the building does Act 1, Scene 2 take place?

5. How many "versions" of the statement regarding the anarchist's death are there?

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