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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ballas threaten Gross with?
(a) Causing Gross to lose his job.
(b) Resigning from the company.
(c) Speaking Ptydepe to Gross permanently.
(d) Going over his head to get the notice authenticated.

2. In defense of Ptydepe, what does Ballas declare the new language is far more of than the current one?
(a) Error-proof.
(b) Comprehensive.
(c) Humanist.
(d) Basic.

3. What does Gross offer during his argument with Ballas?
(a) To pay for additional Ptydepe classes.
(b) To confront the higher-ups.
(c) To resign.
(d) To raise Ballas' salary.

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

5. What is Savant's primary responsibility as the Ptydepeist?
(a) Making sure Ptydepe is used correctly.
(b) Modifying Ptydepe for each department.
(c) Reporting anyone who is not using Ptydepe.
(d) Translating all existing memos into Ptydepe.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a broader interpretation, what is the one thing that bureaucracy relies on to keep its power?

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

3. Who does Helena introduce herself as?

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

5. Why does the Department of Authentication refuse to authenticate the new log book?

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