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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Alpha, the Moralist.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By standards of the East, as compared to the West, how is anyone with talent treated?
(a) He is ignored.
(b) He is put to full use.
(c) He is allowed to go his own way.
(d) He is rejected by the State.

2. In Witkiewicz's novel, the characters ultimately become:
(a) Catatonic.
(b) Hypochondriacs.
(c) Bolshevik.
(d) Schizophrenics.

3. Why did the new communist government have a difficult time in Poland after World War II?
(a) The modes of transportation were insufficient.
(b) The citizens did not want them there.
(c) Moscow had sent too few leaders.
(d) They were unprepared for the hardship.

4. Witkiewicz thought art and philosophy were living out their last days, and how did he see their end?
(a) He found life without them unbearable.
(b) He tried to slow their decay.
(c) He couldn't wait until they were gone.
(d) He tried to speed their demise.

5. What event did Alpha and Milosz narrowly miss one day as they were returning from the train station?
(a) Being captured in the first man-hunt for Auschwitz.
(b) The outbreak of a street fight.
(c) Being run over by a truck full of Jews bound for Auschwitz.
(d) Being searched by Nazi squads.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Red Army came into Poland in 1945, how were writers treated?

2. According to the center, contradictions ___________ in the minds of its citizens.

3. In Milosz's experience, how does the East view everything from the West?

4. The people who practice metaphysical Ketman are often former ____________ .

5. How does the Eastern communist regard everything from the West?

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