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

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

3. What does Lear take a great deal of time to do?
(a) Explain how Ptydepe was developed.
(b) Answer questions.
(c) Argue with Gross.
(d) Finish a sentence.

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

5. What is the clerk's name in Scene 2?
(a) Pinky.
(b) Toe.
(c) Knuckle.
(d) Thumb.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gross give Ballas and Pillar?

2. Why does Ballas tell Gross that the log book needs to be replaced?

3. What does George, the Staff Watcher, do that upsets Gross and causes him to leave the room?

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

5. The larger metaphor for the clerk is a warning against what?

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