What do you know about work?

The return of the Bafta-winning sitcom The Office has focused attention on the trials and tribulations of the modern workplace.

You may put in the hours behind a desk, but what have you really learned about working in the 21st Century? Test yourself with BBC News Online's goal-oriented self-assessment questionnaire (it's a quiz).

At the end of an interview for promotion your boss asks: "Would you like to sit in my chair?" According to The 101 Toughest Interview Questions And Answers That Win The Job, your reply shouldn't be...

	A: "Yes, as soon as you have been promoted."

	B: "Yes, if you can find a chair more comfortable."

	C: "Will you still be sitting in it?"

Culled from the database of Angel Human Resources, which of the following was used as an excuse for quitting a job?

	A: "I didn't like the brand of coffee and they wouldn't change it."

	B: "The office was above a fast food outlet. It smelt too good and I was on a diet so the job had to go."

	C: "They said I spent too long in the toilet."

	D: All of the above

Which famous tycoon said: "A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business"?

	A: Microsoft’s Bill Gates

	B: Ford’s Henry Ford

	C: Enron’s Kenneth Lay

The Office's David Brent has an inspirational notice on his wall saying: "Money don’t make my world go round, I’m reaching out to a higher ground." Whose maxim?

	A: Former General Electric CEO “Neutron Jack” Welch

	B: Former Texas oil man President George Bush

	C: Des'ree

Complete this David Brent quote. "If you were to ask me to name three geniuses, I probably wouldn't say Einstein, Newton, you know. I’d go..."

	A: Nelson, Churchill, Sven Goran Eriksson

	B: Ford, Gates, Hefner

	C: Milligan, Cleese, Everett, Sessions

You want to give your "natural sarcasm" free rein in an e-mail. According to 21st Century Etiquette: Charlotte Ford's Guide to Manners for the Modern Age, that is perfectly okay provided you use "emoticons" to indicate the tone?

	A: ; )

	B: : (

According to a Reed.co.uk survey, the average UK worker spends how much of their salary on being at work (clothes, gadgets, lunches, transport)?

	A: £1,214

	B: £3,214

	C: £5,214

Workmates who drink together are said to create a better working atmosphere and are more loyal to their companies. What percentage of such bar room conversations touch upon politics or current affairs, according to a survey by Office Angels?

	A: 50%

	B: 25%

	C: 5%

In July, computer company Hewlett Packard sacked two UK workers "for sharing of unauthorised and inappropriate material". How many workers were also suspended?

	A: 15

	B: 50

	C: 150

Order the following European Union countries according to the average length on their working week, the one with longest hours first.

	A: UK, Germany, Greece

	B: Germany, UK, Greece

	C: UK, Greece, Germany