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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Delta, in his enthusiasm, love?
(a) The words of intellectuals.
(b) The literary cafes.
(c) Crowds and festivals.
(d) The whirlpool of human emotions.

2. During World War II, how did the nearness of death affect the Poles' lives?
(a) It created a daily thankfulness for life.
(b) It made them ambivalent to the future.
(c) It destroyed all sense of shame.
(d) It instilled terror.

3. As seen in Chapter 2, how does the poet of a communist country write?
(a) For the marching soldiers.
(b) As an ideal citizen.
(c) Exactly what the state tells him.
(d) As himself.

4. As far as man's preferences in Western art and literature, what aspect does Milosz refer to?
(a) The ability of the state to imitate the pieces he likes.
(b) The inexplicable nature of his choices.
(c) The fickleness of his choices.
(d) The ability of the state to predict his choices.

5. Apart from his poetry, what was Delta's personality?
(a) Completely deceitful.
(b) Sly and gloomy.
(c) Sly and fearful.
(d) Optimistic and cheerful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Delta begin to write violently anti-Semitic poems?

2. Because he believed in earthly salvation, what did Beta argue?

3. As Chapter 8 briefly explains, how does the State regard the propertied class?

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

5. Peasants, in Milosz's understanding, assert what about their lives?

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