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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) He will have to talk to the Staff Watcher again.
(b) He will have a lawsuit filed against him.
(c) His career will be over.
(d) He will be even further demoted.

2. What does Gross ask Lear to do for him in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) Help him get his former position back.
(b) Translate the memo.
(c) Tell him where the next Ptydepe class is.
(d) Help him learn Ptydepe.

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

4. As explained in the play, what is Ptydepe designed to reduce?
(a) Clerical errors.
(b) Individuality.
(c) Subordination.
(d) A language barrier between employees.

5. What is Gross' main concern that leads him to become angry in Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) The complicated process of getting a translation.
(b) The unfair treatment of Maria.
(c) The abuse of power that Ballas is showing.
(d) The stupidity of Ptydepe.

6. What does Gross do with the letter?
(a) He reads it out loud.
(b) He ignores it.
(c) He burns it.
(d) He throws it away.

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

8. What is Gross symbolically holding when Ballas and Pillar return to his office in Act 1 Scene 4?
(a) An empty box.
(b) A paper weight.
(c) A Ptydepe Dictionary.
(d) A fire extinguisher.

9. Gross is being intentionally forced to lose more of what?
(a) His responsibility.
(b) His earnings.
(c) His independence of thought.
(d) His employees.

10. What is the goal of the higher-ups in explaining the necessity for Ptydepe?
(a) To justify something that is obviously senseless.
(b) To change the company's policy.
(c) To help the workers understand it better.
(d) To cause tension between the workers.

11. Why does the Department of Authentication refuse to authenticate the new log book?
(a) The expense wasn't officially authorized.
(b) They inform them that there will no longer be a need for a log book.
(c) The book is too expensive.
(d) They purchased the wrong type of log book.

12. What does the item that Gross is carrying in Act 1, Scene 5 symbolize?
(a) His addiction to coffee.
(b) His intolerance for Ptydepe.
(c) His lack of enthusiasm for his new position.
(d) His desire to hold onto whatever power he has left.

13. What do Stroll and Savant remark about Maria?
(a) She is lazy.
(b) She doesn't know Ptydepe yet.
(c) She is always getting food.
(d) She is attractive.

14. Where does the Staff Watcher watch from?
(a) A hole in the wall.
(b) The corner.
(c) The main office.
(d) The closet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lear take a great deal of time to do?

2. What does George, the Staff Watcher, do that upsets Gross and causes him to leave the room?

3. 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?

4. What does Ballas threaten Gross with?

5. What does Stroll tell Gross is necessary in order to prevent any further individualism?

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