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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Gross give Maria for wanting to stay with the company?
(a) So he can get revenge on Ballas.
(b) So he can work at the Department of Authentication.
(c) So he can watch her.
(d) So he can eventually take Stroll's job.

2. At the beginning of Act 2, Scene 9, what is Maria trying on?
(a) A scarf.
(b) A new dress.
(c) A hat.
(d) An overcoat.

3. Which two characters enter and leave during Lear's lecture in Act 2 , Scene 11?
(a) Ballas and Gross.
(b) Stroll and Gross.
(c) Ballas and Column.
(d) Pillar and Column.

4. Who is the only student Lear is lecturing during Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) Thumb.
(b) Gross.
(c) Pillar.
(d) Ballas.

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

6. Why does Gross state that he would have rather kept his former position?
(a) There would be less worrying about bureaucrats.
(b) He likes watching people.
(c) He could take longer breaks to be with Maria.
(d) There was a lot less responsibility.

7. What symbolism of hope does Havel use at the end of Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) Ballas leaving the classroom defeated.
(b) Lear teaching to an empty classroom.
(c) Gross answering all of the questions correctly.
(d) Gross appearing with more authority than before.

8. Which characters ask Pillar to speak with them privately?
(a) Stroll, Gross, and Helena.
(b) Stroll, Helena, and Lear.
(c) Stroll, Helena, and Maria.
(d) Stroll, Savant, and Helena.

9. What does Gross think he has to earn at the end of Act 2, Scene 9?
(a) Maria's respect and sympathy.
(b) Maria's trust.
(c) Maria's love and admiration.
(d) Maria's loyalty.

10. When the results of a recent audit of Gross' department are finally revealed, what are the findings?
(a) That Gross was unfairly removed from his position and that Ballas should be terminated.
(b) That Gross did in fact steal from the company and should be terminated.
(c) That Gross is innocent of all charges and the higher-ups agree with him about Ptydepe.
(d) That Gross should receive a promotion.

11. What does Maria do in the second part of Act 2, Scene 9 that no one else in the play has done up until this point?
(a) Translates Gross' memo.
(b) Makes Gross smile.
(c) Stands up to Helena.
(d) Offers Gross coffee.

12. What theme does Chorukor represent in the play?
(a) Ballas' final mistake.
(b) A misunderstood bureaucracy.
(c) A repeated cycle.
(d) A way to eliminate Gross.

13. What is Stroll's excuse for not doing more translations?
(a) It is a difficult process because it takes too long.
(b) It is a difficult process because Lear is not a very good instructor.
(c) It is a difficult process because there is no formal guide on Ptydepe.
(d) It is a difficult process because only the person writing in Ptydepe knows what it means.

14. In Act 2, Scene 10, what does Gross inform Ballas are his intentions?
(a) To restore the Accounts Department.
(b) To visit the higher-ups.
(c) To end the use of Ptydepe.
(d) To resign.

15. Gross tells Maria that his current situation is a result of what?
(a) His inability to deal with life.
(b) Trusting too much and giving in.
(c) His lack of intelligence.
(d) Bad luck.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what state is Ptydepe left in at the end of Act 2, Scene 8?

2. Why doesn't Hana understand Ptydepe?

3. What do the other bureaucrats sense about Ballas?

4. At the beginning of Act 2, Scene 8, how is Lear's student answering the questions?

5. What does Gross promise Maria in the second part of Act 2, Scene 9 that he will not do?

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