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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The Lesson of the Baltics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Beta wrote poems characterized by what?
(a) Lack of faith and the facing of death as reality.
(b) Taking bitter joy in the despair of the poet's surroundings.
(c) Leaning on the poet's weak faith in an effort to flee death.
(d) Crying out to God for deliverance.

2. Why does the state take advantage of professional Ketman?
(a) The problem is minimal.
(b) It needs doctors and engineers.
(c) It has other, more pressing concerns.
(d) It exploits the workers.

3. Why did Alpha eventually become a communist?
(a) He was tricked into it.
(b) The party threatened his life.
(c) He thought it was best for his family.
(d) He had no other choice.

4. Delta would have fit well into what time period?
(a) Medieval monks.
(b) Wandering jesters.
(c) Egyptian kings.
(d) Roman gladiators.

5. After two years, Delta returned again to favor, and how did his future look?
(a) He was given a ten-year contract.
(b) He could be assured that it will last.
(c) He could not be assured that it will last.
(d) He was returned only for the translation of a Shakespeare poem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Russian engineers and doctors ________ Western innovations.

2. Milosz illustrates Ketman with the example of what person?

3. Milosz compares the American law system to what image?

4. In Milosz's experience, how does the East view everything from the West?

5. The state methods of teaching give the illusion of what?

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