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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gross rumored to be using inappropriately?
(a) His authority.
(b) The company vehicle.
(c) Company funds.
(d) A rubber stamp.

2. Who does Gross talk to while he is waiting for Helena?
(a) Savant.
(b) George.
(c) Hana.
(d) Himself.

3. As explained in the play, what is Ptydepe designed to reduce?
(a) Subordination.
(b) Individuality.
(c) A language barrier between employees.
(d) Clerical errors.

4. One main point in Act 1, Scene 4 is to display that Ballas and the higher-ups are after power for what purpose?
(a) To benefit financially.
(b) For its own sake.
(c) To cause chaos.
(d) To destroy Gross.

5. What does Gross give Ballas and Pillar?
(a) A check.
(b) A money order.
(c) Cash.
(d) An I.O.U.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gross symbolically holding when Ballas and Pillar return to his office in Act 1 Scene 4?

2. According to Lear, how is the best way to learn Ptydepe?

3. Which phrase best describes the clerk's actions?

4. What do Stroll and Savant remark about Maria?

5. in Act 1, Scene 5, what does Lear attempt to illustrate about Ptydepe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the introduction of Ptydepe signal in the play as it pertains to Gross and his position within the company?

2. What are the noticeable habits of Hana, the secretary, that are displayed in the beginning of the play?

3. How do Stroll and Savant talk about Maria and what do they infer about Gross?

4. What does the number of students in Lear's class in Act 2, Scene 11 say about his lecture topic, and the state of the company in general?

5. What significant discovery does Ballas make at the end of Act 2, Scene 7?

6. What is the reason Lear gives for a need of the new language, Ptydepe?

7. What subliminal warning does the character of Thumb bring from the author?

8. What does Maria's locating a new job for Gross say about her as a character, and what does Gross' reason for staying with the company say about him as a character?

9. What is Ballas' new offer to Gross, and what is the cause of it as well as the reasoning behind it?

10. How does Lear explain Ptydepe in describing the process for learning it?

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