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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maria do in the second part of Act 2, Scene 9 that no one else in the play has done up until this point?
(a) Makes Gross smile.
(b) Offers Gross coffee.
(c) Translates Gross' memo.
(d) Stands up to Helena.

2. What is Stroll's excuse for not doing more translations?
(a) It is a difficult process because there is no formal guide on Ptydepe.
(b) It is a difficult process because Lear is not a very good instructor.
(c) It is a difficult process because it takes too long.
(d) It is a difficult process because only the person writing in Ptydepe knows what it means.

3. What overall theme does the author use the office to illustrate?
(a) How to deal with troubled employees.
(b) Office managers seldom know what is happening in their own office.
(c) The problems workers have with authority.
(d) Government bureaucracy.

4. Gross tells Maria that his current situation is a result of what?
(a) Bad luck.
(b) His inability to deal with life.
(c) Trusting too much and giving in.
(d) His lack of intelligence.

5. Who is Stroll?
(a) The CEO of the company.
(b) Gross' boss.
(c) The new Accounting manager.
(d) The head of the Center.

Short Answer Questions

1. As explained in the play, what is Ptydepe designed to reduce?

2. What do Ballas and Gross argue about?

3. What is Gross' main concern that leads him to become angry in Act 1, Scene 6?

4. Who vocally protests the use of Ptydepe in unison?

5. What does Gross think he has to earn at the end of Act 2, Scene 9?

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