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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the overall message in Act 2, Scene 11?
(a) A bureaucratic system will continue to exist if left unchecked.
(b) Gross realizes that he has too many enemies.
(c) Chorukor is better that Ptydepe.
(d) Lear is not a very good teacher.

2. In Act 2, Scene 10, what does Gross inform Ballas are his intentions?
(a) To visit the higher-ups.
(b) To resign.
(c) To restore the Accounts Department.
(d) To end the use of Ptydepe.

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

4. What does Ballas finally do in Act 2, Scene 10 that is noteworthy?
(a) He smokes a cigarette.
(b) He learns how to make coffee.
(c) He fires Thumb.
(d) He reveals that he understands Ptydepe.

5. Who passes through the lecture as Lear is talking?
(a) Savant.
(b) Gross.
(c) Ballas.
(d) Stroll.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who receives an A from Lear for answering correctly in Act 2, Scene 11?

2. What is interesting about the way Ballas receives the mail in Act 2, Scene 7?

3. What does Gross promise Maria in the second part of Act 2, Scene 9 that he will not do?

4. What is Ballas' role in Lear's class?

5. What happens as Act 2, Scene 8 progresses?

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