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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 searching for throughout Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) His coffee.
(b) Milk.
(c) Rolls.
(d) His cigarettes.

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

3. What does Gross tell himself to rationalize his decision in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) That Ballas was right.
(b) That he had no choice.
(c) That he was too weak to resist it.
(d) That he could better serve the company in his new position.

4. What does Gross do with the letter?
(a) He reads it out loud.
(b) He ignores it.
(c) He throws it away.
(d) He burns it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What Department does the Ptydepe Translation Center replace?

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

3. What is the clerk's name in Scene 2?

4. What does the clerk receive for asking the questions?

5. What is very interesting about the intentional way Havel presents the office?

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