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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One main point in Act 1, Scene 4 is to display that Ballas and the higher-ups are after power for what purpose?
(a) For its own sake.
(b) To destroy Gross.
(c) To cause chaos.
(d) To benefit financially.

2. What does the clerk receive for asking the questions?
(a) An A.
(b) A lecture.
(c) Termination.
(d) A gold star.

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

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

5. What is Gross rumored to be using inappropriately?
(a) The company vehicle.
(b) Company funds.
(c) His authority.
(d) A rubber stamp.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In modern times, what is a term used to describe the act of portraying something negative in a positive way?

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

4. At the beginning of the play, what kind of letter does Gross receive?

5. Where does Gross wish he could return to at the end of Acct 1, Scene 4?

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