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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. As explained in Chapter 1, if a man asks the questions to which the absurd leads him, he reaches what emotional state?
(a) Hatred of himself.
(b) Hatred of the bourgeois.
(c) Hatred of the proletariat.
(d) Despair for society.

2. Why does the state take advantage of professional Ketman?
(a) It exploits the workers.
(b) The problem is minimal.
(c) It needs doctors and engineers.
(d) It has other, more pressing concerns.

3. As Milosz witnessed, why was becoming a communist a difficult decision?
(a) A person renounced his sense of nationalism.
(b) A person renounced his sense of personality.
(c) A person gave up all his personal property.
(d) A person became subject to the whims of the bourgeois.

4. Milosz compares the American law system to what image?
(a) A man drowning at sea.
(b) A powerful ship.
(c) People in a raft paddling different directions.
(d) A man alone on a log raft.

5. At the end of Chapter 3, how does Milosz succinctly define Ketman?
(a) In the name of the state.
(b) Against something.
(c) Against the state.
(d) For the benefit of mankind.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were Gamma's interactions with people characterized?

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

3. What is the basis of dialectical materialism, in Milosz's understanding?

4. How does Metaphysical Ketman treat man's mind?

5. Citizens of communist countries become adept in what skill, according to Milosz?

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