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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 is the overall point that Havel is making in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) Gross has no idea that he is being manipulated.
(b) Everyone is smarter than Gross.
(c) Gross does not belong in Ptydepe class.
(d) Ptydepe is a waste of time.

2. Who does the clerk's questions impress?
(a) Lear.
(b) Gross.
(c) Hana.
(d) Ballas.

3. What does Maria ask Gross in Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) If he is going to learn Ptydepe.
(b) Why he is no longer Managing Director.
(c) What he is doing at the party.
(d) Why he tried to steal from Stroll's office.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Stroll and Savant offer as proof for their theory that Gross "lusts after" Maria?

2. Lear agrees to help Gross, only if he can show that his interest in Ptydepe is what?

3. What does Maria offer Helena in Act 1, scene 3?

4. What does Gross' lack of Ptydepe knowledge signal, according to Lear?

5. What indicates the author's symbolic use of metaphors?

(see the answer key)

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