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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. In Witkiewicz's novel, the characters ultimately become:
(a) Bolshevik.
(b) Catatonic.
(c) Hypochondriacs.
(d) Schizophrenics.

2. What happened when Beta's artistic talent moved to the furthest boundaries of communist dictates?
(a) The words he wrote were the only things he knew.
(b) It could not be satisfied, and he left the party.
(c) Words could no longer move him to action.
(d) Words and individual man lost all meaning.

3. During Gamma's youth, Poland gradually separated along what lines?
(a) Pro-Semitic and anti-Semitic.
(b) The traditional right and Soviet left.
(c) The nationalistic right and socialist left.
(d) The capitalists and communists.

4. Why did Beta's writing assert that communism was salvation?
(a) Man would not think for himself.
(b) Capitalism led to Hitlerism.
(c) Man was too weak to save himself.
(d) Capitalism could not provide for society's needs.

5. As the Polish fought the Germans for control of Warsaw near the end of the war, how did a few people manage to survive?
(a) Swimming across the river.
(b) Hiding in the surrounding forests.
(c) Turning themselves in as prisoners of war.
(d) Hiding with the underground resistance.

Short Answer Questions

1. In seeking a strong heroic element, what character/s did Alpha's second novel choose?

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

3. Which Ketman asserts that men do not know how to rule themselves or properly distribute goods?

4. In the 1940s, once they were freed of the past, how did the Eastern countries think?

5. Walking in the ruined city in 1945, what emotion did Alpha feel primarily?

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