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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Stroll's excuse for not doing more translations?
(a) It is a difficult process because only the person writing in Ptydepe knows what it means.
(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 it takes too long.

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

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

4. What does Hana tell Ballas people are saying about Ptydepe?
(a) It does not exist.
(b) It was made up by Ballas.
(c) Only Stroll can speak it.
(d) It is based on doubtful principles.

5. What do the other bureaucrats sense about Ballas?
(a) His incompetence.
(b) His reliance on Pillar.
(c) His bureaucratic vulnerability.
(d) His arrogance.

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

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

8. 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 begins to read a document in Ptydepe.
(c) He leaves the room immediately.
(d) He shakes his head.

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

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

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

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

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

14. Once Gross refuses to back down, what does Ballas suggest?
(a) That Gross should work in the Accounts Department.
(b) That Gross should be terminated.
(c) That he and Gross should resign.
(d) That he and Gross should talk to Stroll.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gross' response when Ballas asks him about Ptydepe in Act 2, Scene 9?

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

3. What is significant about Pillar in Act 2, Scene 9?

4. What is Maria's reaction to Gross' new position?

5. What is the translated memo a protest of?

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