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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The most difficult thing for a man of the New Faith to conquer, according to Milosz, is his feeling of what?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Trepidation.
(c) Suspicion.
(d) Elation.

2. By standards of the East, as compared to the West, how is anyone with talent treated?
(a) He is put to full use.
(b) He is allowed to go his own way.
(c) He is rejected by the State.
(d) He is ignored.

3. According to the center, contradictions ___________ in the minds of its citizens.
(a) Are taught according to policy.
(b) Are stamped out immediately.
(c) Are allowed to remain.
(d) Do not exist.

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

5. Milosz compares the American law system to what image?
(a) A man alone on a log raft.
(b) People in a raft paddling different directions.
(c) A powerful ship.
(d) A man drowning at sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Milosz illustrates Ketman with the example of what person?

2. The center planned that all Eastern European countries would speak which language?

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

4. Milosz asserts that the man of the New Faith has the greatest fear of what action?

5. The purpose of Chapter 2 is to compare and contrast what two groups?

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