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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is interesting about the way Ballas receives the mail in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) It happens at the end of the day.
(b) It happens at the beginning of the day.
(c) It mirrors the way Gross did at the beginning of the play.
(d) It illustrates his reliance on Pillar.

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

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is Stroll's excuse for not doing more translations?

3. When the results of a recent audit of Gross' department are finally revealed, what are the findings?

4. What does Ballas announce to the group in Actc 2, Scene 10?

5. What do the other bureaucrats sense about Ballas?

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