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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Alpha, the Moralist.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Citizens of communist countries become adept in what skill, according to Milosz?
(a) Reasoning.
(b) Acting.
(c) Imitating.
(d) Persuading.

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

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

4. In Witkiewicz's novel, the characters ultimately become:
(a) Catatonic.
(b) Bolshevik.
(c) Schizophrenics.
(d) Hypochondriacs.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. The "accidental unmaskings of Ketman," Chapter 3, are called _________ .

2. Russian engineers and doctors ________ Western innovations.

3. Those who assert that their work is most important, rather than the ends and benefactors of the work, are following which Ketman?

4. Milosz's book The Captive Mind deals with what subject?

5. In the eyes of the besieged Pole, what is the only poetry that will last?

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