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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Alpha fall into falseness?
(a) By living arrogantly.
(b) By living among the wrong people.
(c) By living among ideas of people.
(d) By completely isolating himself.

3. In the eyes of the besieged Pole, what is the only poetry that will last?
(a) Poetry that is unquestionably real.
(b) Poetry that is most vivid to the reader.
(c) Poetry that has most affected the writer.
(d) Poetry that is most amusing.

4. American politics regarded Russia's invasion of Eastern countries with what emotion?
(a) Scorn.
(b) Fear.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Anger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Milosz's experience, how does a man change under communist rule?

2. Milosz says that both the old way of life and war-time values are natural if what happens?

3. As far as man's preferences in Western art and literature, what aspect does Milosz refer to?

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

5. Why did Alpha eventually become a communist?

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