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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Gross and Hana's discussion, what is strange about Ptydepe, the new language being introduced?
(a) Hana understands it perfectly.
(b) It contains no vowels.
(c) Gross knows nothing about it.
(d) It uses numbers in place of certain letters.

2. What does Gross give Ballas and Pillar?
(a) A money order.
(b) A check.
(c) Cash.
(d) An I.O.U.

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

4. The larger metaphor for the clerk is a warning against what?
(a) A Dictatorship.
(b) Liberalism.
(c) Communism.
(d) A Monarchy.

5. What indicates the author's symbolic use of metaphors?
(a) The setting.
(b) Gross' quest for information.
(c) The names of the characters.
(d) Helena's mysterious actions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ballas constantly look to Pillar for?

3. Who is Stroll?

4. As explained in the play, what is Ptydepe designed to reduce?

5. What does the clerk's character symbolize?

(see the answer key)

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