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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Looking to the West.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Milosz compares the Method to what animal?
(a) A fox, wily enough to deceive those who are skeptical.
(b) A snake, for which the tail begins at any point.
(c) A powerful bird whose wing is broken.
(d) An ox, strong enough to bear the weight of reality.

3. In the 1940s, once they were freed of the past, how did the Eastern countries think?
(a) They modified capitalism to fit their needs.
(b) They returned to a feudalist system.
(c) They had no choice but the New Faith.
(d) They regretted their choice.

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

5. By standards of the East, as compared to the West, how is anyone with talent treated?
(a) He is ignored.
(b) He is allowed to go his own way.
(c) He is rejected by the State.
(d) He is put to full use.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Chapter 2 notes that though it is good to be free from something, how does freedom become better?

4. Milosz admits that he has great admiration for what people or force?

5. Milosz compares the American law system to what image?

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