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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The Lesson of the Baltics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Lithuania vote overwhelmingly to join the Russian state?
(a) The citizens believed it best for the restoration of their country.
(b) They would get their passports stamped, and not be labeled enemies.
(c) They were threatened with starvation if they did not comply.
(d) The Red Army forced them to vote that way.

2. In Chapter 4, once the Nazis took over a country, how did they treat the printing presses?
(a) Almost nothing was printed in that country's language.
(b) They took over the presses to print large volumes of propaganda.
(c) Printing continued as normal.
(d) They destroyed the printing presses and offices.

3. According to Witkiewicz, what role does religion play in modern society?
(a) Remains only as part of the fading tradition.
(b) Actively involved.
(c) None at all.
(d) Slowly dying but still forceful.

4. Witkiewicz's book dealt solely with what aspect of society?
(a) Decay in industrial abilities.
(b) Salvation for mankind.
(c) Decay in society.
(d) Futuristic societies.

5. What was the title of Beta's first book?
(a) The Stony World.
(b) The Stony Ground.
(c) The Shining Sun.
(d) The Stone and Sky.

Short Answer Questions

1. The last time Milosz saw Beta, how did the unassuming poet look?

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

3. How was Delta's cheerful poetry treated?

4. In Russia, what organization did Gamma and several of his friends create?

5. In Milosz's term, how do the people of communist countries live?

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