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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. Who passes through the lecture as Lear is talking?
(a) Gross.
(b) Stroll.
(c) Savant.
(d) Ballas.

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

3. What indicates the author's symbolic use of metaphors?
(a) The setting.
(b) Helena's mysterious actions.
(c) Gross' quest for information.
(d) The names of the characters.

4. What does Gross promise Maria in the second part of Act 2, Scene 9 that he will not do?
(a) Back down.
(b) Ignore the audit.
(c) Make any trouble.
(d) Fight for himself.

5. What do Hana's continued repetitive trips to the store signify?
(a) She has no respect for Ballas.
(b) She is becoming more forgetful.
(c) She wishes Gross was her boss again.
(d) Bureaucracy does not matter to regular people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gross admits that he has always been more of a dreamer than what?

2. Who receives an A, scoring better than Gross, on their knowledge of Ptydepe?

3. Who does Gross attempt to persuade in order to bypass authorization?

4. Who is the only student Lear is lecturing during Act 2, Scene 8?

5. What is significant about the examples Lear uses for the word, "boo?"

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