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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Beta the Disappointed Lover.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alpha's response to the Nazis' violent anti-Semitism was what emotion?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Support.
(c) Outrage.
(d) Quiet approval.

2. In 1932, Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz wrote a book entitled what?
(a) Insatiability.
(b) Incongruity.
(c) Insecurity.
(d) Instability.

3. According to several examples from Eastern history, how is Ketman a way of living?
(a) Appearing obedient while harboring heresy.
(b) Flaunting heresy.
(c) Appearing obedient while exposing heresy in others.
(d) Remaining completely obedient.

4. In the 1940s, once they were freed of the past, how did the Eastern countries think?
(a) They modified capitalism to fit their needs.
(b) They returned to a feudalist system.
(c) They had no choice but the New Faith.
(d) They regretted their choice.

5. Those who assert that their work is most important, rather than the ends and benefactors of the work, are following which Ketman?
(a) Ethical Ketman.
(b) Professional Ketman.
(c) Aesthetic Ketman
(d) Sceptical Ketman

Short Answer Questions

1. Citizens of communist countries become adept in what skill, according to Milosz?

2. 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?

3. Russian engineers and doctors ________ Western innovations.

4. What event did Alpha and Milosz narrowly miss one day as they were returning from the train station?

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

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