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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, who is Alpha, the Moralist?
(a) A little-known prose writer, a good friend of Milosz.
(b) A well-known poet, a good friend of Milosz.
(c) A well-known prose writer not personally known to Milosz.
(d) A well-known prose writer, a good friend of Milosz.

2. According to Chapter 4, as the Polish uprising fought the Nazis for control of Warsaw, what did the Red Army do?
(a) Waited in Moscow.
(b) Sent troops to help.
(c) Watched from across the river.
(d) Sided with the Nazis.

3. Witkiewicz's book dealt solely with what aspect of society?
(a) Decay in society.
(b) Salvation for mankind.
(c) Decay in industrial abilities.
(d) Futuristic societies.

4. When did Alpha became a more religious writer?
(a) When he scoffed all Catholic writers.
(b) When he supported the underground Catholic church.
(c) When he turned his back on Christianity.
(d) When he became more fully involved in the church.

5. Milosz says that an individual has no more significance to the muse of history than what object?
(a) An instrument in an orchestra.
(b) A weed in a field.
(c) An atom in space.
(d) A cog in a machine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What school of thought gave Alpha the tragic language he needed?

2. As explained in Chapter 2, the party considers _________ one of the highest virtues.

3. Milosz ends Chapter I with the question:

4. When the Red Army came into Poland in 1945, how were writers treated?

5. The Ketman of revolutionary purity holds that a tyrant's reign may be justified in what circumstances?

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