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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Hana point out does not know Ptydepe either?
(a) Ballas.
(b) Stroll.
(c) Helena.
(d) Gross.

2. Where is the job that Maria has found for Gross?
(a) A coffee shop.
(b) A theatre company.
(c) A different office.
(d) A shoe repair service.

3. What is Gross' response when Ballas asks him about Ptydepe in Act 2, Scene 9?
(a) He doesn't know what to say.
(b) He says that Ptydepe is stronger than ever.
(c) He ignores Ballas.
(d) He lectures Ballas about the importance of Ptydepe.

4. What action does Lear take as a result of his impatience in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) He begins yelling louder.
(b) He dismisses the student.
(c) He calls for Ballas.
(d) He calls for Stroll.

5. Who vocally protests the use of Ptydepe in unison?
(a) Helena, Stroll, and Savant.
(b) Helena, Maria, and Hana.
(c) Helena, Stroll, and George.
(d) Helena, Stroll, and Column.

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

7. What is Ballas' initial reaction to Gross' news?
(a) He agrees with him.
(b) He ignores him.
(c) He threatens to terminate Gross.
(d) He doesn't believe Gross.

8. What point does Havel make about Ptydepe in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) The company would be lost without it.
(b) Even Lear doesn't understand it.
(c) Even people who seemed to understand it before can see its uselessness.
(d) Now Gross realizes its importance.

9. What is Pillar's response when he is asked by Ballas if he knows Ptydepe?
(a) He tells Ballas that he isn't sure.
(b) He shakes his head.
(c) He leaves the room immediately.
(d) He begins to read a document in Ptydepe.

10. What is the overall message in Act 2, Scene 11?
(a) Gross realizes that he has too many enemies.
(b) Lear is not a very good teacher.
(c) A bureaucratic system will continue to exist if left unchecked.
(d) Chorukor is better that Ptydepe.

11. What is the translated memo a protest of?
(a) Ballas' attitude with other employees.
(b) The removal of Gross from his previous position of authority.
(c) The removal of the Accounts Department to make room for the Translation Center.
(d) The lack of respect Helena is showing Maria.

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

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

14. What is Maria's reaction to Gross' reason for staying?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She becomes embarrassed.
(c) She becomes angry.
(d) She ignores him.

15. Who receives an A from Lear for answering correctly in Act 2, Scene 11?
(a) Ballas.
(b) Stroll.
(c) Thumb.
(d) Gross.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ballas' role in Lear's class?

2. Who does Ballas attempt to blame for the Ptydepe fiasco?

3. What new position does Ballas offer Gross in Act 2, Scene 7?

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

5. Which two characters enter and leave during Lear's lecture in Act 2 , Scene 11?

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