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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 carry with him throughout Scene 2?
(a) A roll.
(b) A pen and paper.
(c) The new log book.
(d) The memorandum.

2. What is the goal of the higher-ups in explaining the necessity for Ptydepe?
(a) To cause tension between the workers.
(b) To help the workers understand it better.
(c) To justify something that is obviously senseless.
(d) To change the company's policy.

3. What does Lear acknowledge about Ptydepe?
(a) It is pointless.
(b) It seems complicated.
(c) It is not structured well.
(d) It was created for the wrong reasons.

4. At the beginning of the play, what kind of letter does Gross receive?
(a) A bill.
(b) A memorandum.
(c) A late notice.
(d) A shipping invoice.

5. What overall theme does the author use the office to illustrate?
(a) The problems workers have with authority.
(b) Government bureaucracy.
(c) Office managers seldom know what is happening in their own office.
(d) How to deal with troubled employees.

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. Hypothetically, the use of Ptydepe could remove what from the office?

4. What point is the author trying to make by having Hana make separate trips for food?

5. According to Lear, how is the best way to learn Ptydepe?

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