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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Gross wish he could return to at the end of Acct 1, Scene 4?
(a) The Ptydepe Training Room.
(b) His childhood.
(c) Stroll's office.
(d) His apartment.

2. According to Lear, how is the best way to learn Ptydepe?
(a) With an abandonment of English.
(b) By speaking it every day.
(c) Slowly.
(d) With unshakeable faith.

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

4. Who gets quizzed along with Gross on their knowledge of Ptydepe?
(a) Ballas.
(b) Hana.
(c) Maria.
(d) Thumb.

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

6. 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) Government bureaucracy.
(d) Office managers seldom know what is happening in their own office.

7. What is the clerk's name in Scene 2?
(a) Knuckle.
(b) Thumb.
(c) Toe.
(d) Pinky.

8. What does Maria ask Gross in Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) Why he tried to steal from Stroll's office.
(b) Why he is no longer Managing Director.
(c) What he is doing at the party.
(d) If he is going to learn Ptydepe.

9. Which phrase best describes the clerk's actions?
(a) Ignorant.
(b) Sucking up.
(c) Admirable.
(d) Selfish.

10. As a result of Gross' incorrect answers, what does Lear deny him?
(a) The memo translation.
(b) His previous position back.
(c) Further classes on Ptydepe.
(d) A cigarette.

11. In modern times, what is a term used to describe the act of portraying something negative in a positive way?
(a) "Get on a soapbox."
(b) "Spin."
(c) "Rant."
(d) "Bloviating."

12. Who does Helena introduce herself as?
(a) The Supervisor of Ptydepe Training.
(b) The Czar of Accounting.
(c) The Chairman.
(d) The CEO.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is still in its infancy and talked about as if it were a baby?

3. What is Gross searching for throughout Act 1, Scene 3?

4. What style of writing best describes The Memorandum?

5. What does Gross fear if he does not agree to the switch?

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