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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. The Ketman of revolutionary purity holds that a tyrant's reign may be justified in what circumstances?
(a) If he cannot be deposed.
(b) For a brief period of time.
(c) In extreme historical circumstances.
(d) If he brings the nation out of its troubles.

2. Citizens of communist countries become adept in what skill, according to Milosz?
(a) Imitating.
(b) Acting.
(c) Reasoning.
(d) Persuading.

3. What is the basis of dialectical materialism, in Milosz's understanding?
(a) History favors communism but allows capitalism to remain.
(b) History will again favor the bourgeois.
(c) History has condemned capitalism.
(d) Fascism paves the road for communism.

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, a good friend of Milosz.
(c) A little-known prose writer, a good friend of Milosz.
(d) A well-known prose writer not personally known to Milosz.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened when Beta's artistic talent moved to the furthest boundaries of communist dictates?

3. How do the Multi-Bing pills change a man?

4. American politics regarded Russia's invasion of Eastern countries with what emotion?

5. The "accidental unmaskings of Ketman," Chapter 3, are called _________ .

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