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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. According to Chapter 4, as the Polish uprising fought the Nazis for control of Warsaw, what did the Red Army do?
(a) Watched from across the river.
(b) Waited in Moscow.
(c) Sided with the Nazis.
(d) Sent troops to help.

2. In Milosz's experience, how does a man change under communist rule?
(a) He gains new habits slowly and painfully.
(b) He asks questions so he can understand the new government.
(c) He sees the new rule as unnatural.
(d) He gains new habits quickly and asks no questions.

3. Milosz illustrates Ketman with the example of what person?
(a) A Muslim.
(b) A Shiite theologian.
(c) An average housewife.
(d) A communist.

4. Every man considers his mode of life as what?
(a) Unnatural.
(b) Destined to change.
(c) Necessary.
(d) Natural.

5. Chapter 2 opens with the picture of the Eastern communists looking to the West with what emotion/s?
(a) Anger and confusion.
(b) Unabashed hope.
(c) A mixture of hope and despair.
(d) Disillusionment.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Red Army came into Poland in 1945, how were writers treated?

2. Why, as Chapter 2 explains, do Eastern communists look to the West?

3. What phrase occurs often throughout Chapter 2?

4. When a man looks to the West, why does he not have clear insight?

5. Why did the new communist government have a difficult time in Poland after World War II?

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