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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Man, This Enemy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 3, how does Milosz succinctly define Ketman?
(a) Against the state.
(b) For the benefit of mankind.
(c) Against something.
(d) In the name of the state.

2. In the concentration camp, what is Beta's job?
(a) Directing Jews to the gas chambers or work.
(b) Unloading Jews from the box-cars.
(c) Removing bodies from the gas chambers.
(d) Rationing food to the prisoners.

3. In the eyes of the besieged Pole, what is the only poetry that will last?
(a) Poetry that is unquestionably real.
(b) Poetry that is most amusing.
(c) Poetry that is most vivid to the reader.
(d) Poetry that has most affected the writer.

4. In Chapter 4, who is Alpha, the Moralist?
(a) A well-known prose writer not personally known to Milosz.
(b) A well-known prose writer, a good friend of Milosz.
(c) A well-known poet, a good friend of Milosz.
(d) A little-known prose writer, a good friend of Milosz.

5. Russian engineers and doctors ________ Western innovations.
(a) Sell.
(b) Ignore.
(c) Copy.
(d) Anticipate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cosmopolitanism, as defined by communism, is what thought?

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

3. Where did the man Gamma grow up?

4. The people who practice metaphysical Ketman are often former ____________ .

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

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