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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. Witkiewicz thought art and philosophy were living out their last days, and how did he see their end?
(a) He tried to slow their decay.
(b) He couldn't wait until they were gone.
(c) He found life without them unbearable.
(d) He tried to speed their demise.

2. Milosz's book The Captive Mind deals with what subject?
(a) What he experienced living in Poland.
(b) Society some time in the future.
(c) What he heard about after living in the United States.
(d) Fictional characters.

3. In Chapter 4, who is Alpha, the Moralist?
(a) A well-known poet, a good friend of Milosz.
(b) A little-known prose writer, a good friend of Milosz.
(c) A well-known prose writer not personally known to Milosz.
(d) A well-known prose writer, a good friend of Milosz.

4. What do the Party dialecticians assert about art?
(a) Individual art outside the party lines has no lasting value.
(b) The state only slightly moderates art.
(c) Individual art has intrinsic value.
(d) Poets may write what content they choose as long as it follows the same form.

5. As far as man's preferences in Western art and literature, what aspect does Milosz refer to?
(a) The fickleness of his choices.
(b) The ability of the state to imitate the pieces he likes.
(c) The ability of the state to predict his choices.
(d) The inexplicable nature of his choices.

Short Answer Questions

1. The atmosphere in a collective society is one of what?

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

3. Those who assert that their work is most important, rather than the ends and benefactors of the work, are following which Ketman?

4. When did Alpha became a more religious writer?

5. Dialectical materialism appeals to the Eastern man because it is, in Milosz's term, what?

(see the answer key)

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