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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Delta, the Troubadour.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How prevalent is National Ketman?
(a) Not of concern to the center.
(b) Limited to the upper circles of the party.
(c) Limited to the people who have no power within the party.
(d) Widespread throughout communist society.

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

3. Which Ketman asserts that men do not know how to rule themselves or properly distribute goods?
(a) Metaphysical Ketman.
(b) Sceptical Ketman.
(c) The Ketman of revolutionary purity.
(d) Ethical Ketman.

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

5. The Ketman of revolutionary purity holds that a tyrant's reign may be justified in what circumstances?
(a) If he brings the nation out of its troubles.
(b) In extreme historical circumstances.
(c) If he cannot be deposed.
(d) For a brief period of time.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 3, how does Milosz succinctly define Ketman?

2. How does Milosz describe Delta's poetry?

3. As Beta relates, when Greek prisoners cannot march because they are too weak, how are they first punished?

4. When Delta's writing no longer pleased the party, what happened?

5. Apart from his poetry, what was Delta's personality?

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