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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is revealed to be the person that authorized the use of Ptydepe?
(a) Pillar.
(b) Gross.
(c) Hana.
(d) Ballas.

2. What is Savant's primary responsibility as the Ptydepeist?
(a) Reporting anyone who is not using Ptydepe.
(b) Modifying Ptydepe for each department.
(c) Making sure Ptydepe is used correctly.
(d) Translating all existing memos into Ptydepe.

3. What is Act 1, Scene 3 trying to illustrate about Gross?
(a) He has no desire to learn Ptydepe.
(b) He is being kept out of the loop.
(c) He is being deliberately given too much information at once.
(d) He will have to rely on Maria from this point on.

4. What does the clerk's character symbolize?
(a) The concerns of the common worker.
(b) The result of a meaningless system.
(c) The notion of how lazy workers can advance in a company through deceit.
(d) The dangers of blind loyalty in a bureaucratic system.

5. At the beginning of the play, what kind of letter does Gross receive?
(a) A memorandum.
(b) A late notice.
(c) A bill.
(d) A shipping invoice.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Gross and Hana's discussion, what is strange about Ptydepe, the new language being introduced?

2. What Department does the Ptydepe Translation Center replace?

3. What does George, the Staff Watcher, do that upsets Gross and causes him to leave the room?

4. Hypothetically, the use of Ptydepe could remove what from the office?

5. What does Maria offer Helena in Act 1, scene 3?

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