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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 does the Maniac suggest the Anarchist might have had shoes made of?
2. When, according to the reporter, did the phone call to the ambulance take place?
3. How many people does the Superintendent say were in the room around midnight?
4. Who says, in Act 2, "I swear to you, I know that guy. He's never been in the police; he's wearing a disguise"?
5. What is Sports Jacket referred to as by other Anarchists?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the Maniac joke about regarding the "laughter" in the interrogation with the Anarchist?
2. What happens with the Maniac's "glass eye" during Act 2, Scene 1?
3. Who does the Maniac quote regarding scandal? What does this quote say?
4. What does the journalist ask about the police interaction with the bomber? How does the Superintendent reply?
5. What does the journalist ask the Superintendent first in her interview?
6. What does the outcome presented by the Maniac mean to those involved? What will be their outcome granted the evidence?
7. What does the journalist remark regarding the situation with the bomb which Bertozzo relayed?
8. What information is learned from the phone call during the meeting of the Maniac and the police officers? What reaction does this cause?
9. What evidence does the journalist produce regarding the Anarchist's jump?
10. What does Bertozzo slip out regarding the bomb to the journalist? What do the others do?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Fo's use of Irony in Accidental Death of an Anarchist. What is Irony? How are the three types of Irony employed in the play? Who employs them?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the relation of Accidental Death of an Anarchist to the real-life trial of Giuseppe Pinelli and his subsequent death. What characters are reflective of actual people in this public scandal? How does Fo use this as a backdrop for the themes he presents?
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