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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Milosz says that both the old way of life and war-time values are natural if what happens?
(a) They come without warning.
(b) The church sanctions them.
(c) They are within a person's experience.
(d) The government prepares for them.

2. How did Alpha fall into falseness?
(a) By living among ideas of people.
(b) By completely isolating himself.
(c) By living among the wrong people.
(d) By living arrogantly.

3. American politics regarded Russia's invasion of Eastern countries with what emotion?
(a) Fear.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Scorn.
(d) Anger.

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

5. In the 1940s, once they were freed of the past, how did the Eastern countries think?
(a) They returned to a feudalist system.
(b) They modified capitalism to fit their needs.
(c) They regretted their choice.
(d) They had no choice but the New Faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. The most difficult thing for a man of the New Faith to conquer, according to Milosz, is his feeling of what?

2. Every man considers his mode of life as what?

3. The atmosphere in a collective society is one of what?

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

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

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