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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Life in the East has drastically shaped his view.
(d) He cannot be realistic.

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

4. How do the inhabitants of communist countries appear?
(a) Uniformly short and stocky.
(b) Mostly Aryan, following the decimation of the Jewish population in World War II.
(c) Predominantly tall and well-dressed.
(d) Diverse according to their racial heritages.

5. Why did the new communist government have a difficult time in Poland after World War II?
(a) The modes of transportation were insufficient.
(b) They were unprepared for the hardship.
(c) Moscow had sent too few leaders.
(d) The citizens did not want them there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 2 opens with the picture of the Eastern communists looking to the West with what emotion/s?

2. The state methods of teaching give the illusion of what?

3. When the Red Army came into Poland in 1945, how were writers treated?

4. Milosz compares the Method to what animal?

5. Which Ketman asserts that men do not know how to rule themselves or properly distribute goods?

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