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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens as Act 2, Scene 8 progresses?
(a) Helena interrupts the lecture.
(b) Ballas interrupts the lecture.
(c) Lear's student becomes confused.
(d) Lear becomes confused.

2. Who passes through the lecture as Lear is talking?
(a) Stroll.
(b) Gross.
(c) Ballas.
(d) Savant.

3. What happens to take away from the power Gross thought he had at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 10?
(a) His lack of self confidence overcomes him.
(b) Ballas manipulates him again.
(c) He is forced to accept the responsibility for Ptydepe's failure.
(d) He backs down from his original intention as a result of Stroll's pressure.

4. What proposal does Ballas make to Gross in Act 2, Scene 9?
(a) To gather information to get Pillar fired.
(b) To learn Ptydepe together.
(c) To work together to put the company back on track.
(d) To create a new language that will replace Ptydepe.

5. How does George categorize Maria's actions?
(a) Admirable.
(b) Pathetic.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Brilliant.

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

7. What does Ballas finally do in Act 2, Scene 10 that is noteworthy?
(a) He reveals that he understands Ptydepe.
(b) He fires Thumb.
(c) He learns how to make coffee.
(d) He smokes a cigarette.

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

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

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

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

12. 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.

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

14. What is significant about Pillar in Act 2, Scene 9?
(a) He admits that he understands Ptydepe.
(b) He talks to everyone but Gross.
(c) He reveals his plan for taking Ballas's position.
(d) He remains unnoticed by Ballas.

15. What is the point of Chorukor?
(a) To correct all of Ptydepe's mistakes.
(b) To prevent employees from talking to each other.
(c) To stop Ballas from resigning.
(d) To please the higher-ups.

Short Answer Questions

1. What angers Ballas about Pillar's meetings?

2. In Act 2, Scene 7What does Ballas need help with?

3. Why does Gross state that he would have rather kept his former position?

4. What reason does Gross give Maria for wanting to stay with the company?

5. Who receives an A from Lear for answering correctly in Act 2, Scene 11?

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