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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Delta, the Troubadour.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do Beta's stories show that people are good?
(a) When life has meaning.
(b) Only when it directly benefits them.
(c) Only while acting within civilization.
(d) Inherently.

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

3. In the concentration camp, what kind of life does Beta lead?
(a) With experiences which he never talks about afterward.
(b) Hungry and miserable, but happy to be alive.
(c) Healthy and well-dressed, but cannot escape his guilt.
(d) Healthy and well-dressed, and brags about it.

4. In a weekly magazine, Delta published short theater scenes under what title?
(a) Gray Goose.
(b) Green Goose.
(c) Falangist.
(d) Solomon's Ball.

5. As seen in Chapter 2, how does the poet of a communist country write?
(a) Exactly what the state tells him.
(b) As an ideal citizen.
(c) As himself.
(d) For the marching soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. As explained in Chapter 2, the party considers _________ one of the highest virtues.

2. Within communist countries, it is not important what a man says but:

3. In the concentration camp, what is Beta's job?

4. What was the title of Beta's first book?

5. As Beta relates, when Greek prisoners cannot march because they are too weak, how are they first punished?

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