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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. According to Lear, how is the best way to learn Ptydepe?
(a) With an abandonment of English.
(b) Slowly.
(c) With unshakeable faith.
(d) By speaking it every day.

2. What point does Havel make about Ptydepe in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) Even people who seemed to understand it before can see its uselessness.
(b) Now Gross realizes its importance.
(c) Even Lear doesn't understand it.
(d) The company would be lost without it.

3. Where does the Staff Watcher watch from?
(a) The corner.
(b) The closet.
(c) The main office.
(d) A hole in the wall.

4. Who does Gross attempt to persuade in order to bypass authorization?
(a) Stroll.
(b) Helena.
(c) Ballas.
(d) Maria.

5. What is Act 1, Scene 3 trying to illustrate about Gross?
(a) He has no desire to learn Ptydepe.
(b) He will have to rely on Maria from this point on.
(c) He is being deliberately given too much information at once.
(d) He is being kept out of the loop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Helena introduce herself as?

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

3. What does Helena ask Maria to do with the bag of limes she is carrying?

4. 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?

5. What is Gross trying to get accomplished in Act 1, Scene 3?

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