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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Art and literature of the party prove to the intellectual that what is true about the world?
(a) Things can be different if he works hard enough.
(b) Only Western influence can change things.
(c) Only the party can change things.
(d) Things cannot be different than they are.

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

3. Within communist countries, it is not important what a man says but:
(a) What he wanted to say.
(b) How it is received.
(c) Who hears him.
(d) How he says it.

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

5. In a communist country, what is perhaps the best way to ensure one's safety?
(a) To keep one's opinions quiet.
(b) To become known as a spy.
(c) To loudly proclaim Russia's pre-eminence.
(d) To join with like-minded people.

Short Answer Questions

1. The center planned that all Eastern European countries would speak which language?

2. Russian engineers and doctors ________ Western innovations.

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

4. As seen in Chapter 2, how does the poet of a communist country write?

5. American politics regarded Russia's invasion of Eastern countries with what emotion?

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