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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gamma, the Slave of History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Gamma's writing weak?
(a) Previous success.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Human emotion.
(d) Proper doctrine.

2. The last time Milosz saw Beta, how did the unassuming poet look?
(a) He hadn't changed.
(b) He had become self-assured and thoroughly political.
(c) He had become an outspoken adversary of communism.
(d) He had become even more afraid, following his time in the concentration camp.

3. Chapter 6 opens with a picture of Vilna, which is a city of __________ .
(a) Forests.
(b) Streams.
(c) Gardens.
(d) Beaches.

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

5. When Alpha and Milosz stumbled on a board with the painted words "Lieutenant Zbyszek's road of suffering," what did they meditate on?
(a) The story of Lieutenant Zbyszek's family.
(b) What remains at the end of a man's life.
(c) Their own possible deaths.
(d) History's plans for a man's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. By standards of the East, as compared to the West, how is anyone with talent treated?

2. Taking joy that one's life occurs within the stream of life is what type of Ketman?

3. Within communist countries, it is not important what a man says but:

4. Where did the man Gamma grow up?

5. Chapter 2 opens with the picture of the Eastern communists looking to the West with what emotion/s?

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