The Captive Mind Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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The Captive Mind Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ketman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cosmopolitanism, as defined by communism, is what thought?
(a) Admiration for the Western bourgeois cultures.
(b) Admiration for all countries in the communist bloc.
(c) Fear of the Western bourgeois cultures.
(d) Admiration for all cultures.

2. The atmosphere in a collective society is one of what?
(a) Usefulness and action.
(b) Harmony and action.
(c) Strength and unhappiness.
(d) Solidarity and happiness.

3. In Witkeiwicz's novel, if man is attuned to the absurd, what does he see?
(a) People's individual lives are meaningless.
(b) His own life is worthless.
(c) There is no hope of salvation, either earthly or heavenly.
(d) The state is meaningless.

4. How prevalent is National Ketman?
(a) Widespread throughout communist society.
(b) Not of concern to the center.
(c) Limited to the people who have no power within the party.
(d) Limited to the upper circles of the party.

5. Every man considers his mode of life as what?
(a) Necessary.
(b) Natural.
(c) Unnatural.
(d) Destined to change.

Short Answer Questions

1. Witkiewicz thought art and philosophy were living out their last days, and how did he see their end?

2. Within communist countries, it is not important what a man says but:

3. Taking joy that one's life occurs within the stream of life is what type of Ketman?

4. In 1932, Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz wrote a book entitled what?

5. By standards of the East, as compared to the West, how is anyone with talent treated?

(see the answer key)

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