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

2. How does Stroll exit in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Involuntarily.
(b) Slowly.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Suddenly.

3. Who is revealed to be the person that authorized the use of Ptydepe?
(a) Pillar.
(b) Gross.
(c) Hana.
(d) Ballas.

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

5. What does the clerk's character symbolize?
(a) The result of a meaningless system.
(b) The dangers of blind loyalty in a bureaucratic system.
(c) The notion of how lazy workers can advance in a company through deceit.
(d) The concerns of the common worker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What habit does Hana have that prevents her from doing work?

2. The character of Lear was given the name as a possible reference to what?

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

4. What does Stroll tell Gross is necessary in order to prevent any further individualism?

5. What is Gross trying to get accomplished in Act 1, Scene 3?

(see the answer key)

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