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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Milosz ends Chapter I with the question:
(a) How long until man accepts the party?
(b) How long must communism continue?
(c) What the devil does a man need?
(d) What else could man ask for?

2. Taking joy that one's life occurs within the stream of life is what type of Ketman?
(a) Professional Ketman.
(b) The Ketman of revolutionary purity.
(c) Aesthetic Ketman.
(d) Ethical Ketman.

3. As explained in Chapter 1, if a man asks the questions to which the absurd leads him, he reaches what emotional state?
(a) Hatred of himself.
(b) Despair for society.
(c) Hatred of the bourgeois.
(d) Hatred of the proletariat.

4. Those who assert that their work is most important, rather than the ends and benefactors of the work, are following which Ketman?
(a) Aesthetic Ketman
(b) Ethical Ketman.
(c) Sceptical Ketman
(d) Professional Ketman.

5. When a man looks to the West, why does he not have clear insight?
(a) His emotions interfere.
(b) The party center obscures the truth.
(c) He cannot be realistic.
(d) Life in the East has drastically shaped his view.

Short Answer Questions

1. Russian engineers and doctors ________ Western innovations.

2. Fifty years of re-education within the party can change entire nations so that they become what?

3. As far as man's preferences in Western art and literature, what aspect does Milosz refer to?

4. According to Witkiewicz, what role does religion play in modern society?

5. Peasants, in Milosz's understanding, assert what about their lives?

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