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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. In seeking a strong heroic element, what character/s did Alpha's second novel choose?
(a) Several people of the New Faith.
(b) A Polish man with strong nationalistic feeling.
(c) A town devoted to the New Faith.
(d) A man of the New Faith.

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

3. Milosz illustrates Ketman with the example of what person?
(a) An average housewife.
(b) A Shiite theologian.
(c) A Muslim.
(d) A communist.

4. In what city did Alpha the Moralist live?
(a) Marek.
(b) Vilna.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) Berlin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The people who practice metaphysical Ketman are often former ____________ .

2. How did Alpha fall into falseness?

3. Every man considers his mode of life as what?

4. Art and literature of the party prove to the intellectual that what is true about the world?

5. Chapter 2 notes that though it is good to be free from something, how does freedom become better?

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