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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When, according to the reporter, did the Anarchist jump precisely?
(a) Three minutes before 12.
(b) Midnight.
(c) One a.m.
(d) Three minutes past 12.

2. Where did the Maniac witness the "laughter interrogations" while staying in a hotel near police headquarters?
(a) Bergamo.
(b) Milan.
(c) Sicily.
(d) Rome.

3. Who slips and falls on the marble in front of the reporter?
(a) The Superintendent.
(b) The Maniac.
(c) Bertozzo.
(d) Sports Jacket.

4. Who says, "Its purpose is to establish whether or not the anarchist was still completely alive at the moment when he flew out of the window"?
(a) The Journalist.
(b) The Superintendent.
(c) The Maniac.
(d) The Constable.

5. Who says, "When he's in the right mood, you should see the side-splitting interrogations he does . . . ha, ha, ha, you could die laughing!"
(a) The Constable.
(b) Sports Jacket.
(c) The Maniac.
(d) The Superintendent.

6. Which character says to the Maniac in Act 2, "Please. Your eminence; I flunked Latin three times!"?
(a) Bertozzo.
(b) The Constable.
(c) The reporter.
(d) The Superintendent.

7. What does the Maniac do accidentally with his "eye?"
(a) Swallows it.
(b) Drops it.
(c) Throws it out the window.
(d) Buries it.

8. What does the Maniac say about Bertozzo's ability with weaponry?
(a) He's just a hobbyist.
(b) He's shy but experienced.
(c) He's a top expert.
(d) He's ingenius.

9. What kind of false hand does the Maniac take out to replace his once it falls off?
(a) A hook.
(b) A woman's.
(c) A claw.
(d) A hairy one.

10. Who does the Maniac finally tell the reporter he really is?
(a) The Pope.
(b) A bishop.
(c) A terrorist.
(d) A judge.

11. What does the Maniac do to hide the fact that he's feeding the inspector lines in front of the reporter?
(a) Sneezes.
(b) Curses.
(c) Shuffles papers.
(d) Sings.

12. When does the reporter have to turn in her article?
(a) Next week.
(b) This evening.
(c) In three days.
(d) In two days.

13. Where does Bertozzo say he knows the forensics expert from?
(a) Grade School.
(b) High School.
(c) Their wives.'
(d) The Police Academy.

14. What does the Superintendent say they were all doing just before midnight?
(a) Hanging the anarchist.
(b) Kicking each other.
(c) Belittling the guard.
(d) Kidding around.

15. Where does the phrase "headquarters had no head, 'cause the head man was in bed" come from, according to the Maniac?
(a) A sit-com.
(b) The Johnny Carson Show.
(c) An old vaudeville routine.
(d) A nursery rhyme.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Maniac tell the officer he has slipped upon?

3. Where has the reporter heard of this "nickname" for the investigator in Act 2?

4. What is Sports Jacket referred to as by other Anarchists?

5. Which character says, "If they had every member of that little pilgrim band under total and continuous surveillance, how come the band was able to organize such a complicated attack, without your coming in to stop them?"

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