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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the file cabinet filled with that the Maniac examines in Act 1, Scene 1?
2. What does the Maniac say is the sentence for "provocation and violence resulting in harm to a defenseless and disabled individual incapable of acting responsibility for his or her own actions?"
3. What does the Maniac do into the phone and pretend it's Bertozzo?
4. According to the Maniac, when a judge is reaching the prime of his career, what are others his age doing?
5. What does the illness the Maniac suffers from cause him to do compulsively?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the Maniac say he thinks about judges?
2. What does the Maniac do when the Constable comes into the office in Act 1, Scene 2?
3. In what state is the Superintendent when he enters in Act 1, Scene 2? Why?
4. Who/what does the Superintendent say pushed him toward the "raptus?" How does the Maniac reply?
5. What does the Maniac tell the person on the phone about his message in Act 1, Scene 1?
6. What does the Maniac tell Bertozzo about the actors he performs with?
7. What is the Maniac doing in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
8. How does the Maniac offer to help out the Superintendent and Sports Jacket with their second version?
9. How does the Maniac "prepare" after his phone call in Act 1, Scene 1?
10. How does the Maniac say he "trained" for his work as a psychiatrist?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the character of the Maniac with that of the police officers. How is he different? What similarities do they have?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the characters of the Maniac and the Journalist. How are these characters alike? How are they different? What are the examples of their opposing stances on themes of the play?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the Maniac as the role of the Raisonneur and the Trickster character. What do these terms mean? How do they apply to the Maniac? Give examples in your discussion.
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