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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ballas manipulate Gross into admitting in Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) His guilt in being disrespectful, and misusing company funds and property.
(b) His dislike for Stroll.
(c) That he has no intention of learning Ptydepe.
(d) That he wants his former position back.

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

3. What kind of a party is going on in Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) A retirement party.
(b) A Birthday party.
(c) A promotion party.
(d) A Ptydepe party.

4. What happens as Act 2, Scene 8 progresses?
(a) Lear becomes confused.
(b) Ballas interrupts the lecture.
(c) Helena interrupts the lecture.
(d) Lear's student becomes confused.

5. In Act 1, Scene 6, what is the one signal of hope that Gross does not see, symbolizing that he has lost all hope in his current situation?
(a) Maria hands him the cigar box.
(b) Helena reprimands Ballas for his actions.
(c) Stroll and Savant admit that Ptydepe is useless.
(d) Ballas admits his lack of leadership qualities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gross carry with him throughout Scene 2?

2. Gross is being intentionally forced to lose more of what?

3. What is the underlying message about Stroll's position?

4. What is Act 1, Scene 3 trying to illustrate about Gross?

5. What does George, the Staff Watcher, do that upsets Gross and causes him to leave the room?

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