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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 center planned that all Eastern European countries would speak which language?
(a) Lithuanian.
(b) Russian.
(c) Czechoslovakian.
(d) Polish.

2. What view of Poland's past did Delta's poetry present?
(a) The past provided an alternative to communism.
(b) The past held no hope of peace or rest.
(c) The past had the power to save her people from communism.
(d) The past was close to dying out.

3. In what city did Alpha the Moralist live?
(a) Vilna.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) Marek.

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

5. When he spent time in Moscow, what kinds of reports did Delta send back?
(a) Ones that spoke haltingly of Russian progress.
(b) Ones that said exactly what the party wanted to hear.
(c) Ones that glowed with enthusiasm.
(d) Ones that portrayed the city as gloomy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Delta, in his enthusiasm, love?

2. Why do Party dialecticians change the Method when necessary?

3. Milosz ends Chapter I with the question:

4. Why did Alpha eventually become a communist?

5. How were Gamma's interactions with people characterized?

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