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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the underlying message about Stroll's position?
(a) He is incompetent, yet his lack of experience goes undetected.
(b) He abuses his authority by making hasty decisions.
(c) His knowledge is used to represent power over others.
(d) He enjoys humiliating Gross.

4. What does George, the Staff Watcher, do that upsets Gross and causes him to leave the room?
(a) He refuses to give him authorization.
(b) He threatens him with termination.
(c) He begins speaking in Ptydepe.
(d) He reveals his location.

5. As a reflection of bureaucracy, what kind of explanation do the higher-ups provide for the creation of Ptydepe?
(a) A brief one.
(b) A nonexistent one.
(c) A complicated one.
(d) A straightforward one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gross's new title?

2. At the beginning of the play, what kind of letter does Gross receive?

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

4. What is the goal of the higher-ups in explaining the necessity for Ptydepe?

5. What is it about the letter that automatically irritates Gross?

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