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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Within communist countries, it is not important what a man says but:
(a) How he says it.
(b) What he wanted to say.
(c) How it is received.
(d) Who hears him.

2. What was the title of Beta's first book?
(a) The Stone and Sky.
(b) The Stony Ground.
(c) The Stony World.
(d) The Shining Sun.

3. Beta remained bitter because he was unable to see what?
(a) The purpose of action within a community.
(b) Individual man apart from society.
(c) Man in relation to his fellow man.
(d) Society's reasons for action.

4. Harboring contempt for Russia is what type of Ketman?
(a) Professional Ketman.
(b) National Ketman.
(c) Ethical Ketman.
(d) Sceptical Ketman.

5. What view of Poland's past did Delta's poetry present?
(a) The past provided an alternative to communism.
(b) The past had the power to save her people from communism.
(c) The past was close to dying out.
(d) The past held no hope of peace or rest.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How prevalent is National Ketman?

4. As Beta scornfully realized, how could someone have power in Poland?

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

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