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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What indicates the author's symbolic use of metaphors?
(a) Helena's mysterious actions.
(b) The setting.
(c) Gross' quest for information.
(d) The names of the characters.

2. What does Ballas manipulate Gross into admitting in Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) His dislike for Stroll.
(b) That he wants his former position back.
(c) That he has no intention of learning Ptydepe.
(d) His guilt in being disrespectful, and misusing company funds and property.

3. What happens to cause everyone at the party to stop talking?
(a) Ballas and Pillar enter the room.
(b) Maria slaps Stroll for making a rude comment.
(c) Gross shouts for them to be quiet.
(d) They discover there is no more coffee.

4. What is still in its infancy and talked about as if it were a baby?
(a) The snack bar.
(b) Ptydepe operations.
(c) The Accounts Department.
(d) The Department of Authenticity.

5. What does Maria ask Gross in Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) Why he tried to steal from Stroll's office.
(b) If he is going to learn Ptydepe.
(c) Why he is no longer Managing Director.
(d) What he is doing at the party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only student Lear is lecturing during Act 2, Scene 8?

2. Who does Gross attempt to persuade in order to bypass authorization?

3. The larger metaphor for the clerk is a warning against what?

4. What is Savant's primary responsibility as the Ptydepeist?

5. What does Lear acknowledge about Ptydepe?

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