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The Captive Mind | Quiz

Czesław Miłosz
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The Captive Mind | Quiz

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1)

Why does the state take advantage of professional Ketman? (from Ketman)

The problem is minimal.
It has other, more pressing concerns.
It exploits the workers.
It needs doctors and engineers.
2)

According to Milosz, what does the Eastern man tell the Western man? (from Chapter 9, The Lesson of the Baltics)

There is no hope for mankind.
The communist dream is being realized in Russia.
The communist dream belongs to the future.
Communism is gradually failing.
3)

In Chapter 4, who is Alpha, the Moralist? (from Alpha, the Moralist)

A well-known prose writer, a good friend of Milosz.
A well-known prose writer not personally known to Milosz.
A well-known poet, a good friend of Milosz.
A little-known prose writer, a good friend of Milosz.
4)

Fifty years of re-education within the party can change entire nations so that they become what? (from Ketman)

Fearful.
Docile and obedient.
Utterly subservient.
Sly and vicious.
5)

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

Their own possible deaths.
History's plans for a man's life.
What remains at the end of a man's life.
The story of Lieutenant Zbyszek's family.
6)

While talking to Beker, who is about to be burned at the crematorium because he is too weak to work, what is Beta's attitude? (from Beta the Disappointed Lover)

Agitated and sad.
Calm and detached.
Malicious.
Fearful of his own life.
7)

Although the revolution did conquer Russia, why does the golden age of communism belong to the future? (from Chapter 9, The Lesson of the Baltics)

The people have been slow in accepting it.
We can only evaluate success through the eyes of history.
The revolution has not triumphed fully in other nations.
No one can be happy when terror reigns.
8)

Milosz uses an example from Flaubert's writing to point out one problem with the progression of Eastern communism: (from Chapter 9, The Lesson of the Baltics)

There are not enough dedicated leaders.
The assimilation process has happened too quickly.
The patient struggles against the cure.
Education cannot keep later generations faithful to communist ideals.
9)

In the concentration camp, what kind of life does Beta lead? (from Beta the Disappointed Lover)

Healthy and well-dressed, but cannot escape his guilt.
Hungry and miserable, but happy to be alive.
With experiences which he never talks about afterward.
Healthy and well-dressed, and brags about it.
10)

In what city did Alpha the Moralist live? (from Alpha, the Moralist)

Marek.
Vilna.
Warsaw.
Berlin.
11)

Often when Milosz sees women walking through the streets of Paris, what does he remember? (from Delta, the Troubadour)

A Polish girl brushing her hair.
An unknown girl run over by an SS truck.
His dead wife.
A Jewish girl shot while running for her life.
12)

The last time Milosz saw Beta, how did the unassuming poet look? (from Beta the Disappointed Lover)

He had become self-assured and thoroughly political.
He had become even more afraid, following his time in the concentration camp.
He hadn't changed.
He had become an outspoken adversary of communism.
13)

What event did Alpha and Milosz narrowly miss one day as they were returning from the train station? (from Alpha, the Moralist)

Being searched by Nazi squads.
Being captured in the first man-hunt for Auschwitz.
Being run over by a truck full of Jews bound for Auschwitz.
The outbreak of a street fight.
14)

When man is faced with constant death and when life seems meaningless, how does dialectical materialism seem? (from Man, This Enemy)

Mathematical and calculating.
Like a refuge.
Useless and outmoded.
Mysterious and full of meaning.
15)

Within communist countries, it is not important what a man says but: (from Ketman)

How it is received.
How he says it.
Who hears him.
What he wanted to say.
16)

Apart from his poetry, what was Delta's personality? (from Delta, the Troubadour)

Sly and gloomy.
Completely deceitful.
Sly and fearful.
Optimistic and cheerful.
17)

According to Chapter 8, how does communism define the reactionary? (from Man, This Enemy)

Is incapable of seeing how everything is interdependent.
Reverts to the traditional way of thinking.
Refuses to agree wholeheartedly with the party.
Acts contrary to party principles.
18)

In Russia, what organization did Gamma and several of his friends create? (from Gamma, the Slave of History)

The Society of Enlightened Communist Workers.
The Society for the Well-Being of Mankind.
The Union of Patriots.
The Union of Workers.
19)

Twice in Chapter 9, Milosz compares the Russian invasion of the Baltic states to which group of people? (from Chapter 9, The Lesson of the Baltics)

The Russian invasion of Poland.
The Spanish conquistadors in South America.
The Spanish conquistadors in Portugal.
Genghis Khan in China.
20)

What difficult question did the incorporation of the Baltics raise? (from Chapter 9, The Lesson of the Baltics)

Production
Nationalities.
Loyalty.
Underground resistance.
21)

How much time did Beta spend in the concentration camp Auschwitz? (from Beta the Disappointed Lover)

Two months.
The rest of his life.
Three years.
Two years.
22)

As he got older, how did Gamma feel about his life? (from Gamma, the Slave of History)

He had wasted his youth in service of the party.
He had wasted his youth on reckless living.
He had become too comfortable with his accomplishments.
He had not devoted enough energy to the party.
23)

What was the title of Beta's first book? (from Beta the Disappointed Lover)

The Stone and Sky.
The Shining Sun.
The Stony World.
The Stony Ground.
24)

What view of Poland's past did Delta's poetry present? (from Delta, the Troubadour)

The past provided an alternative to communism.
The past had the power to save her people from communism.
The past held no hope of peace or rest.
The past was close to dying out.
25)

Defining good and evil outside of party interests is what type of Ketman? (from Ketman)

Ethical Ketman.
Sceptical Ketman.
Aesthetic Ketman.
Metaphysical Ketman.
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