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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 9, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Hana's continued repetitive trips to the store signify?
(a) She has no respect for Ballas.
(b) Bureaucracy does not matter to regular people.
(c) She wishes Gross was her boss again.
(d) She is becoming more forgetful.

2. Why does Gross state that he would have rather kept his former position?
(a) There was a lot less responsibility.
(b) He could take longer breaks to be with Maria.
(c) There would be less worrying about bureaucrats.
(d) He likes watching people.

3. 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) Offers Gross coffee.
(b) Stands up to Helena.
(c) Translates Gross' memo.
(d) Makes Gross smile.

4. What is Gross symbolically holding when Ballas and Pillar return to his office in Act 1 Scene 4?
(a) A paper weight.
(b) A Ptydepe Dictionary.
(c) An empty box.
(d) A fire extinguisher.

5. Which characters ask Pillar to speak with them privately?
(a) Stroll, Helena, and Lear.
(b) Stroll, Gross, and Helena.
(c) Stroll, Helena, and Maria.
(d) Stroll, Savant, and Helena.

Short Answer Questions

1. The parallels Havel draws in Act 1, Scene 4 are between Ballas and what?

2. What does Hana repeatedly ask Gross in Act 1, Scene 4?

3. What do Ballas and Gross argue about?

4. What does Hana tell Ballas people are saying about Ptydepe?

5. What new position does Ballas offer Gross in Act 2, Scene 7?

(see the answer key)

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