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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Man, This Enemy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, how does the party treat whatever is not expressed?
(a) It does not exist.
(b) It is most dangerous.
(c) It is not important.
(d) It is not dangerous.

2. How does the Eastern communist regard everything from the West?
(a) With strong criticism.
(b) With deep confusion.
(c) With loud enthusiasm.
(d) With antipathy.

3. Because the Communist Party was at first illegal in Poland, what did party members do?
(a) Tried to sway public opinion with writers who were sympathetic to communism.
(b) Were forced to work only through underground means.
(c) Bided their time until communism had gained a stronger footing.
(d) Had no choice but to rebel against the laws.

4. Dialectical materialism appeals to the Eastern man because it is, in Milosz's term, what?
(a) Timely.
(b) Heavenly.
(c) Mathematical.
(d) Earthy.

5. Alpha's pursuit of purity in his work was driven largely by what characteristic?
(a) Devotion to the church.
(b) Sense of personal purity.
(c) Jaded view of the world.
(d) Personal arrogance.

Short Answer Questions

1. As seen in Chapter 2, how does the poet of a communist country write?

2. American politics regarded Russia's invasion of Eastern countries with what emotion?

3. How did Gamma express his anti-Semitic views?

4. Why are peasants not particularly dangerous, according to Milosz?

5. In light of Beta's poetry, how does Milosz treat the modern artist's potential?

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