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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 9, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the job that Maria has found for Gross?
(a) A theatre company.
(b) A different office.
(c) A shoe repair service.
(d) A coffee shop.

2. What is the translated memo a protest of?
(a) The lack of respect Helena is showing Maria.
(b) The removal of the Accounts Department to make room for the Translation Center.
(c) Ballas' attitude with other employees.
(d) The removal of Gross from his previous position of authority.

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

4. What do the other bureaucrats sense about Ballas?
(a) His arrogance.
(b) His incompetence.
(c) His bureaucratic vulnerability.
(d) His reliance on Pillar.

5. At the beginning of Act 2, Scene 9, what is Maria trying on?
(a) A hat.
(b) A new dress.
(c) An overcoat.
(d) A scarf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Act 1, Scene 3 trying to illustrate about Gross?

2. Who does the clerk's questions impress?

3. Why doesn't Hana understand Ptydepe?

4. What is Gross symbolically holding when Ballas and Pillar return to his office in Act 1 Scene 4?

5. What is significant about Pillar in Act 2, Scene 9?

(see the answer key)

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