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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Beta the Disappointed Lover.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In the mid-twentieth century, many European nations realized that they could be directly influenced by what force?
(a) Communism.
(b) New rulers.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Capitalism.

4. Because he believed in earthly salvation, what did Beta argue?
(a) History has no force in man's present struggles.
(b) Promises of heavenly salvation are false.
(c) Anyone opposing mankind's happiness is evil.
(d) Only man can bring about his own happiness.

5. Milosz admits that he has great admiration for what people or force?
(a) The philosophers who prepare the way for change.
(b) The impersonal forces of history.
(c) The people who fight evil.
(d) The people who bring about change.

Short Answer Questions

1. As seen in Chapter 2, how does the poet of a communist country write?

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

3. The Multi-Bing pills are most tempting to what type of person?

4. In Witkiewicz's novel, the characters ultimately become:

5. In seeking a strong heroic element, what character/s did Alpha's second novel choose?

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