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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gross fear if he does not agree to the switch?
(a) His career will be over.
(b) He will have a lawsuit filed against him.
(c) He will have to talk to the Staff Watcher again.
(d) He will be even further demoted.

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

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

4. What does Ballas threaten Gross with?
(a) Speaking Ptydepe to Gross permanently.
(b) Resigning from the company.
(c) Going over his head to get the notice authenticated.
(d) Causing Gross to lose his job.

5. Who is Stroll?
(a) Gross' boss.
(b) The head of the Center.
(c) The new Accounting manager.
(d) The CEO of the company.

6. In Act 1, Scene 6, what is the one signal of hope that Gross does not see, symbolizing that he has lost all hope in his current situation?
(a) Stroll and Savant admit that Ptydepe is useless.
(b) Helena reprimands Ballas for his actions.
(c) Ballas admits his lack of leadership qualities.
(d) Maria hands him the cigar box.

7. What does Ballas ask Gross at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) If he is ready to be reasonable.
(b) If he has any more rolls.
(c) If he received the authorization.
(d) If he can purchase an additional log book.

8. In defense of Ptydepe, what does Ballas declare the new language is far more of than the current one?
(a) Humanist.
(b) Error-proof.
(c) Basic.
(d) Comprehensive.

9. What does Helena's constant need for Maria to help her make coffee symbolize?
(a) That she is impatient.
(b) That the people who have power cannot do anything for themselves.
(c) That she really likes coffee.
(d) That she has no regard for Maria's time.

10. What leads to Ballas and Gross switching positions?
(a) The Staff Watcher's report.
(b) A decision from the higher-ups.
(c) A bet that Gross loses.
(d) Gross' lack of Ptydepe proficiency.

11. Who does Gross talk to while he is waiting for Helena?
(a) Savant.
(b) Himself.
(c) Hana.
(d) George.

12. According to Gross and Hana's discussion, what is strange about Ptydepe, the new language being introduced?
(a) It contains no vowels.
(b) Gross knows nothing about it.
(c) Hana understands it perfectly.
(d) It uses numbers in place of certain letters.

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

14. in Act 1, Scene 5, what does Lear attempt to illustrate about Ptydepe?
(a) Ptydepe makes no sense.
(b) The vowels in Ptydepe are silent.
(c) Words in traditional language are given different meanings in Ptydepe.
(d) Ptydepe does not use grammar.

15. What does Stroll tell Gross is necessary in order to prevent any further individualism?
(a) The mandatory number of hours a worker is required to work.
(b) The authorization of all future purchases.
(c) The restriction of any worker leaving the office.
(d) The authorization for all Ptydepe translations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the underlying message about Stroll's position?

2. Who does Ballas point out is in control of Ptydepe?

3. As a result of Gross' incorrect answers, what does Lear deny him?

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

5. Where does Scene 2 take place?

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