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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. 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) The Maniac.
(b) Sports Jacket.
(c) The Constable.
(d) The Superintendent.
2. Where does the Maniac learn there will be a judge arriving from?
(a) Rome.
(b) Sicily.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.
3. What does the Maniac accuse the Inspector of being ignorant of?
(a) Basic English language.
(b) Psychiatry.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Basic Italian grammar.
4. What is unique about the actors with whom the Maniac performs?
(a) They are comedians.
(b) They are great tragedians.
(c) They are dogs.
(d) They don't know they're acting.
5. What does the Maniac threaten to do if he's not allowed to stay?
(a) Jump out the window.
(b) Inform the media.
(c) Tell the boss.
(d) Call the police.
Short Answer Questions
1. What, according to the Maniac, does no one think more about than the anarchist?
2. Who says, "Yes, your honor, they had just left the room when he jumped out"?
3. What did the judge and the Superintendent say definitely contributed to the Anarchist's suicidal breakdown?
4. What does the Maniac tell the person on the phone that Bertozzo is doing?
5. From what floor did the Anarchist jump?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the Maniac do when the phone rings in the office in Act 1, Scene 1?
2. How does the Maniac "prepare" after his phone call in Act 1, Scene 1?
3. What do Sports Jacket and the Superintendent do at the Maniac's request for recreating the scene?
4. Who does the Maniac encounter when leaving the office the second time in Act 1, Scene 1? What does this character do?
5. What does the Maniac do when the Constable comes into the office in Act 1, Scene 2?
6. How is the Maniac's treatment of the Superintendent and Sports Jacket a recreation of their statement about the Anarchist?
7. What does the Maniac return for in Act 1, Scene 1? What does he find?
8. What is described differently in the "second report?"
9. How does the Maniac say he "trained" for his work as a psychiatrist?
10. How does the Maniac convince Sports Jacket and the Superintendent to go along with his plan at the end of Act 1, Scene 2? What happens at the end of this act?
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