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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why did Alpha eventually become a communist?
2. Cosmopolitanism, as defined by communism, is what thought?
3. As explained in Chapter 2, the party considers _________ one of the highest virtues.
4. The most difficult thing for a man of the New Faith to conquer, according to Milosz, is his feeling of what?
5. Peasants, in Milosz's understanding, assert what about their lives?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Ketman create pride in the man who practices it?
2. What significance is there in the fact that Murti-Bing comes in pill form?
3. Although human interaction is often characterized by some degree of acting, how do Eastern communists take this to an extreme? How does this affect them?
4. Why does the man entering the gate of communism feel that he is doing something wrong?
5. What is the difference between Eastern and Western Communists?
6. Why, in the end, could Alpha make only one decision about joining the party?
7. "If something exists in one place, it will exist everywhere" (pg. 29). Why does the man in destroyed Warsaw believe this, and how does it affect his spirit?
8. What advantages does the Center gain with the idea of "cosmopolitanism"?
9. Several times, Milosz describes bombed Warsaw as the cratered moon. How is this significant?
10. How does Alpha's hunger for purity and strong heroic characters prepare the way for the New Faith? Could he have gone any other way?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Milosz asserts that the way to rule a nation's mind is through the word. Is this true or are there other factors equally important? Given what he says about both Nazi and communist controls over the printed word, how was this played out in Poland?
Essay Topic 2
Prompted by Lieutenant Zbyszek's sign in the wilderness of bombed Warsaw, Alpha and Milosz reflect on the man who wrote it. What is Milosz's response, emotionally and mentally, to the sign? Using other examples from the book (e.g., the Jewish girl shot in the street or Delta's life), explain what Milosz presents about the permanence of an individual life.
Essay Topic 3
This question has been growing throughout the book: Why does Milosz write? As you answer, consider the writer's responsibility in the world, and the responsibility of a man who has witnessed great evil. Intellectually and ethically, did Milosz make the right choice to write what he saw?
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