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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is happening offstage in the final scene of the play?
(a) There is a board meeting.
(b) There is another party.
(c) The higher-ups are visiting.
(d) The Accounts Department is trying to reclaim their space.

2. What does Ballas manipulate Gross into admitting in Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) That he wants his former position back.
(b) His dislike for Stroll.
(c) His guilt in being disrespectful, and misusing company funds and property.
(d) That he has no intention of learning Ptydepe.

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

4. What is Act 1, Scene 3 trying to illustrate about Gross?
(a) He is being kept out of the loop.
(b) He has no desire to learn Ptydepe.
(c) He is being deliberately given too much information at once.
(d) He will have to rely on Maria from this point on.

5. What is still in its infancy and talked about as if it were a baby?
(a) The snack bar.
(b) The Department of Authenticity.
(c) The Accounts Department.
(d) Ptydepe operations.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Gross tells Maria that his current situation is a result of what?

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

4. What does Gross interrupt at the start of Act 1, Scene 5?

5. What new position does Ballas offer Gross in Act 2, Scene 7?

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