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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 9, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gross finally concede to do in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Apologize to Stroll.
(b) Authorize the continued use of Ptydepe.
(c) Purchase a new rubber stamp.
(d) Talk to the Staff Watcher.

2. What do Ballas and Gross argue about?
(a) Gross' refusal to understand Ptydepe.
(b) The Staff Watcher's report.
(c) Ballas' salary.
(d) The termination of Ptydepe.

3. What does Ballas threaten Gross with?
(a) Speaking Ptydepe to Gross permanently.
(b) Resigning from the company.
(c) Causing Gross to lose his job.
(d) Going over his head to get the notice authenticated.

4. Why doesn't Hana understand Ptydepe?
(a) She doesn't have time to learn it.
(b) The classes were too hard.
(c) She refuses to recognize its existence.
(d) She doesn't need to be able to read it.

5. 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 mirrors the way Gross did at the beginning of the play.
(c) It happens at the beginning of the day.
(d) It illustrates his reliance on Pillar.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Hana inform Ballas the memo could possibly be?

4. What leads to Ballas and Gross switching positions?

5. Who does Hana point out does not know Ptydepe either?

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