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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. The last time Milosz saw Beta, how did the unassuming poet look?
(a) He had become an outspoken adversary of communism.
(b) He had become even more afraid, following his time in the concentration camp.
(c) He hadn't changed.
(d) He had become self-assured and thoroughly political.

2. While living in exile, how did Delta feel?
(a) A drunkard.
(b) Popular and well-liked.
(c) Lonely and forgotten.
(d) A poor writer.

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Milosz' wanderings in a large city in Ukraine, what sight touched him?

2. Art and literature of the party prove to the intellectual that what is true about the world?

3. Beta remained bitter because he was unable to see what?

4. According to several examples from Eastern history, how is Ketman a way of living?

5. When a man refuses to become a shock-worker in a factory, what does he soon find?

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