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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Beta the Disappointed Lover.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Witkiewicz thought art and philosophy were living out their last days, and how did he see their end?
(a) He found life without them unbearable.
(b) He couldn't wait until they were gone.
(c) He tried to speed their demise.
(d) He tried to slow their decay.

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

3. In order to kept his apartment and good political standing, the man practicing aesthetic Ketman is willing to do what?
(a) Promote the party's interests at all costs.
(b) Make any sacrifice or compromise.
(c) Give up his first-born child.
(d) Make only the necessary sacrifices.

4. 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.

5. According to several examples from Eastern history, how is Ketman a way of living?
(a) Appearing obedient while exposing heresy in others.
(b) Flaunting heresy.
(c) Appearing obedient while harboring heresy.
(d) Remaining completely obedient.

Short Answer Questions

1. The last time Milosz saw Beta, how did the unassuming poet look?

2. Beta wrote poems characterized by what?

3. While talking to Beker, who is about to be burned at the crematorium because he is too weak to work, what is Beta's attitude?

4. Those who assert that their work is most important, rather than the ends and benefactors of the work, are following which Ketman?

5. In the 1940s, once they were freed of the past, how did the Eastern countries think?

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