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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 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 modified capitalism to fit their needs.
(c) They returned to a feudalist system.
(d) They regretted their choice.

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

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

4. Milosz explains that people who enter into the state feel what emotion?
(a) Complete joy.
(b) Some hesitation because of their children.
(c) That there is no other hope of salvation.
(d) Some hesitation because of their personal property.

5. The Multi-Bing pills are most tempting to what type of person?
(a) A merchant.
(b) An intellectual.
(c) A peasant.
(d) A worker.

Short Answer Questions

1. The atmosphere in a collective society is one of what?

2. Harboring contempt for Russia is what type of Ketman?

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

5. The people who practice metaphysical Ketman are often former ____________ .

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