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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Man, This Enemy.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do the inhabitants of communist countries appear?
(a) Mostly Aryan, following the decimation of the Jewish population in World War II.
(b) Diverse according to their racial heritages.
(c) Predominantly tall and well-dressed.
(d) Uniformly short and stocky.

3. In Witkeiwicz's novel, if man is attuned to the absurd, what does he see?
(a) There is no hope of salvation, either earthly or heavenly.
(b) People's individual lives are meaningless.
(c) His own life is worthless.
(d) The state is meaningless.

4. In Chapter 8, Milosz explains that the totalitarian states places such emotional strain on its citizens that what occurs?
(a) The people cannot be responsible for their actions.
(b) The strain itself determines their actions.
(c) They will cease to think for themselves.
(d) They cannot survive long as individuals.

5. Harboring contempt for Russia is what type of Ketman?
(a) Ethical Ketman.
(b) Sceptical Ketman.
(c) Professional Ketman.
(d) National Ketman.

Short Answer Questions

1. As detailed in Chapter 6, what was the first maxim of the communist rule as it established power in a newly-conquered country?

2. Alpha's response to the Nazis' violent anti-Semitism was what emotion?

3. In a weekly magazine, Delta published short theater scenes under what title?

4. What was the result of this group created by Gamma and his friends?

5. In communist thought, where is there no division?

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