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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 turned his back on Christianity.
(b) When he scoffed all Catholic writers.
(c) When he supported the underground Catholic church.
(d) When he became more fully involved in the church.

2. Alpha became a moral authority, as he had dreamed, because of his work in what place?
(a) In the underground, writing and publishing.
(b) In the underground, smuggling food.
(c) In the Communist Party, writing and publishing.
(d) In the underground, smuggling Jews to safety.

3. What phrase occurs often throughout Chapter 2?
(a) The venerable West.
(b) The horrific West.
(c) The cosmopolitan West.
(d) The decadent West.

4. After the war, how was Alpha was received by Polish communists?
(a) Skeptically.
(b) With hostility.
(c) With open arms.
(d) On the condition he write what they wanted.

5. As explained in Chapter 2, the party considers _________ one of the highest virtues.
(a) Silence.
(b) Restraint.
(c) Informing.
(d) Compliance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cosmopolitanism, as defined by communism, is what thought?

2. At the end of Chapter 3, how does Milosz succinctly define Ketman?

3. Multi-Bing pills establish ________ foundations rather than _________ .

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

5. Milosz admits that he has great admiration for what people or force?

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