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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hana inform Ballas the memo could possibly be?
(a) An invoice for the new log book.
(b) Gross' resignation.
(c) A protest against Ptydepe.
(d) His termination notice.

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

3. At the beginning of Act 2, Scene 8, how is Lear's student answering the questions?
(a) He is deliberately asking questions of his own.
(b) Correctly.
(c) Incorrectly.
(d) He is refusing to answer them.

4. What is causing the declining importance of Ptydepe?
(a) There are no more training classes being offered.
(b) Ballas' insistence that it be made mandatory.
(c) A lack of interest.
(d) It's complexity.

5. What does Gross give to Ballas at his request in Act 2, Scene 9?
(a) A report.
(b) A bag of onions.
(c) A cigar.
(d) Advice.

6. What is Ballas' role in Lear's class?
(a) He is trying to understand it.
(b) He protests against it.
(c) He is unaware of it because he is focused on lunch.
(d) He was tricked by Lear into authorizing it.

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

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

9. 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.

10. In Act 2, Scene 7What does Ballas need help with?
(a) Finding the log book.
(b) Making coffee.
(c) Translating a memo.
(d) Cleaning Gross' desk out.

11. What idea does Ballas come up with in Act 2, Scene 10?
(a) For him to become Gross' deputy.
(b) For Gross to admit Ptydepe was his fault.
(c) For Gross to forget about his desire to end Ptydepe.
(d) For him to talk with the higher-ups about Gross' ambitions.

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

13. Acknowledging the intent of the play, what does Havel feel should triumph over bureaucracy?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Individualism.
(c) Power.
(d) Communism.

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

15. Who is excited about Chorukor?
(a) Ballas.
(b) Gross.
(c) Pillar.
(d) Thumb.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the other bureaucrats sense about Ballas?

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

3. How does George categorize Maria's actions?

4. Who is the only student Lear is lecturing during Act 2, Scene 8?

5. What does George throw at Gross after hearing the news of his position change?

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