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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gamma, the Slave of History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Milosz compares the American law system to what image?
(a) A man drowning at sea.
(b) A man alone on a log raft.
(c) People in a raft paddling different directions.
(d) A powerful ship.

2. In Chapter 4, who is Alpha, the Moralist?
(a) A well-known prose writer, a good friend of Milosz.
(b) A well-known poet, a good friend of Milosz.
(c) A well-known prose writer not personally known to Milosz.
(d) A little-known prose writer, a good friend of Milosz.

3. How did Gamma express his anti-Semitic views?
(a) Only to the people he trusted.
(b) Violently.
(c) To anyone who would listen.
(d) Calmly.

4. After coming to power, in 1945, the Party recognized that the best way to control a nation is through what force?
(a) Parades and speeches.
(b) Brute force.
(c) The written and spoken word.
(d) Spies and informers.

5. In a communist country, what is perhaps the best way to ensure one's safety?
(a) To loudly proclaim Russia's pre-eminence.
(b) To keep one's opinions quiet.
(c) To become known as a spy.
(d) To join with like-minded people.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to several examples from Eastern history, how is Ketman a way of living?

2. What was the end result of Gamma's poetry?

3. When Alpha and Milosz stumbled on a board with the painted words "Lieutenant Zbyszek's road of suffering," what did they meditate on?

4. According to Witkiewicz, what role does religion play in modern society?

5. Multi-Bing pills establish ________ foundations rather than _________ .

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