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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 fourth.
(c) The second.
(d) The first.

3. What is the file cabinet filled with that the Maniac examines in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Birth certificates.
(b) Death certificates.
(c) Marriage licenses.
(d) Citations.

4. What is unique about the actors with whom the Maniac performs?
(a) They are comedians.
(b) They don't know they're acting.
(c) They are dogs.
(d) They are great tragedians.

5. 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 Journalist.
(b) The Inspector.
(c) The Maniac.
(d) The Commissioner.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Maniac tear up when he returns to the office?

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

4. What time did the anarchist jump from the window?

5. What does the Maniac say that an Anarchist cares about above all else?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Sports Jacket and the Superintendent do at the Maniac's request for recreating the scene?

2. What is the Maniac's suggestion to the Superintendent and Sports Jacket, considering their situation of desperation in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. In what state is the Superintendent when he enters in Act 1, Scene 2? Why?

4. What is happening in the beginning of the play? What does Bertozzo want from the Maniac?

5. What does the Superintendent's report claim the Anarchist suffered? What is this?

6. How does the Maniac say he "trained" for his work as a psychiatrist?

7. What does the time difference in the "raptus" versus the suicide seem to indicate to the Maniac?

8. What does the Maniac do when the phone rings in the office in Act 1, Scene 1?

9. What is the Maniac doing in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

10. What does the Maniac do when the Constable comes into the office in Act 1, Scene 2?

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