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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. In the eyes of the besieged Pole, what is the only poetry that will last?
(a) Poetry that is most vivid to the reader.
(b) Poetry that has most affected the writer.
(c) Poetry that is unquestionably real.
(d) Poetry that is most amusing.

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

3. Why, as Chapter 2 explains, do Eastern communists look to the West?
(a) The New Faith cannot satisfy their emotional needs.
(b) The New Faith allows it.
(c) They are curious.
(d) The New Faith cannot satisfy their spiritual needs.

4. How can the relationship between Gamma and the author be described?
(a) A love affair.
(b) A deep friendship.
(c) An acquaintanceship.
(d) A game.

5. Where did the man Gamma grow up?
(a) The city.
(b) The country.
(c) An eighteenth-century palace.
(d) A party member's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Beta relates, when Greek prisoners cannot march because they are too weak, how are they first punished?

2. As seen in Chapter 2, how does the poet of a communist country write?

3. What was the title of Beta's first book?

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

5. In seeking a strong heroic element, what character/s did Alpha's second novel choose?

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