View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gross ask Lear to do for him in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) Translate the memo.
(b) Tell him where the next Ptydepe class is.
(c) Help him get his former position back.
(d) Help him learn Ptydepe.

2. Who does Gross talk to while he is waiting for Helena?
(a) Savant.
(b) Himself.
(c) George.
(d) Hana.

3. What does Gross offer during his argument with Ballas?
(a) To pay for additional Ptydepe classes.
(b) To raise Ballas' salary.
(c) To confront the higher-ups.
(d) To resign.

4. What is very interesting about the intentional way Havel presents the office?
(a) The purpose of the office is never stated.
(b) It only has one room.
(c) The positions of the characters are never stated.
(d) The characters come and go without asking permission.

5. What does the clerk's character symbolize?
(a) The result of a meaningless system.
(b) The dangers of blind loyalty in a bureaucratic system.
(c) The concerns of the common worker.
(d) The notion of how lazy workers can advance in a company through deceit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lear acknowledge about Ptydepe?

2. What leads to Ballas and Gross switching positions?

3. Ballas and the higher-ups manipulate Gross in order to bring what to the company?

4. What Department does the Ptydepe Translation Center replace?

5. What does Ballas constantly look to Pillar for?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 267 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample