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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Limited to the upper circles of the party.
(d) Widespread throughout communist society.

2. In a communist country, what is perhaps the best way to ensure one's safety?
(a) To join with like-minded people.
(b) To loudly proclaim Russia's pre-eminence.
(c) To become known as a spy.
(d) To keep one's opinions quiet.

3. Aesthetic Ketman spreads because the citizens crave what aspect of daily life?
(a) Sameness.
(b) Similarity.
(c) Strangeness.
(d) Superficiality.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Milosz compares the American law system to what image?

3. In Chapter 4, once the Nazis took over a country, how did they treat the printing presses?

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

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

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