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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What stunning topic does Lear bring up in Act 2, Scene 11?
(a) The creation of a new operating language.
(b) Gross' audit and how Ptydepe saved him.
(c) His promotion to the Department of Authentication.
(d) The termination of Stroll by the higher-ups.

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

3. According to Lear, what is a big factor in the way people use Ptydepe?
(a) They are not smart enough to use Ptydepe.
(b) They get confused by the need for an additional language.
(c) They resent Ptydepe and never give it a fair chance.
(d) They lose track of what they are trying to communicate.

4. 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 watch her.
(c) So he can eventually take Stroll's job.
(d) So he can work at the Department of Authentication.

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

6. What does Ballas announce to the group in Actc 2, Scene 10?
(a) That Gross is responsible for Ptydepe.
(b) That Gross will be the Managing Director once again.
(c) That Stroll talked him into starting Ptydepe.
(d) That he is resigning.

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

8. According to Maria, what is the key to winning a fight?
(a) Doing whatever it takes, even if it means not fighting fairly.
(b) Being creative to overcome any weakness.
(c) Being stronger than what you are fighting.
(d) Not backing down.

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

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

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) Offers Gross coffee.
(b) Stands up to Helena.
(c) Makes Gross smile.
(d) Translates Gross' memo.

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

13. What does Gross' new position in Act 2, Scene 8 represent in the overall arch of the plot?
(a) His value to the company.
(b) His gradual return to power.
(c) Ballas' intimidation of him.
(d) His influence within the company.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gross think he has to earn at the end of Act 2, Scene 9?

2. What does Maria encourage Gross to do in the second part of Act 2, Scene 9?

3. What happens to take away from the power Gross thought he had at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 10?

4. What is Ballas holding when he enters the room in Act 2, Scene 9?

5. What is the point of Chorukor?

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