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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gross declare is reduced when people are forbidden to use their natural language?
(a) Their dignity.
(b) Their sanity.
(c) Their education.
(d) Their humanity.

2. What point is the author trying to make by having Hana make separate trips for food?
(a) Gross has no control over her.
(b) She is always hungry.
(c) They don't have money in the budget for a new log book, but there is money for food.
(d) She is wasting time, but no one realizes it.

3. The character of Lear was given the name as a possible reference to what?
(a) A type of look.
(b) A famous opera.
(c) A philosopher.
(d) A Shakespearean play.

4. What is it about the letter that automatically irritates Gross?
(a) It is written in an unknown language.
(b) It is written in a condescending tone.
(c) It is extremely long.
(d) It is not addressed to him.

5. Hypothetically, the use of Ptydepe could remove what from the office?
(a) Misunderstanding in inter-office communications.
(b) A number of positions.
(c) Waste of paper for multiple memos.
(d) The need to speak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the higher-ups apparently approve in return for the office using Ptydepe?

2. What Department does the Ptydepe Translation Center replace?

3. As a reflection of bureaucracy, what kind of explanation do the higher-ups provide for the creation of Ptydepe?

4. What does Gross give Ballas and Pillar?

5. What is further illustrated in Scene 2?

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