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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. Art and literature of the party prove to the intellectual that what is true about the world?
(a) Things cannot be different than they are.
(b) Only the party can change things.
(c) Only Western influence can change things.
(d) Things can be different if he works hard enough.

2. Walking in the ruined city in 1945, what emotion did Alpha feel primarily?
(a) Despair.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Anger.

3. According to the center, contradictions ___________ in the minds of its citizens.
(a) Do not exist.
(b) Are taught according to policy.
(c) Are stamped out immediately.
(d) Are allowed to remain.

4. What school of thought gave Alpha the tragic language he needed?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Fascism.
(d) Agnosticism.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In a communist country, what is perhaps the best way to ensure one's safety?

3. Cosmopolitanism, as defined by communism, is what thought?

4. As he got older, how did Gamma feel about his life?

5. According the Chapter 2, what does the Method emphasize about change?

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