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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the state take advantage of professional Ketman?
(a) It exploits the workers.
(b) The problem is minimal.
(c) It needs doctors and engineers.
(d) It has other, more pressing concerns.

2. Why, as Chapter 2 explains, do Eastern communists look to the West?
(a) They are curious.
(b) The New Faith allows it.
(c) The New Faith cannot satisfy their spiritual needs.
(d) The New Faith cannot satisfy their emotional needs.

3. The Ketman of revolutionary purity holds that a tyrant's reign may be justified in what circumstances?
(a) In extreme historical circumstances.
(b) For a brief period of time.
(c) If he brings the nation out of its troubles.
(d) If he cannot be deposed.

4. Because the Communist Party was at first illegal in Poland, what did party members do?
(a) Bided their time until communism had gained a stronger footing.
(b) Tried to sway public opinion with writers who were sympathetic to communism.
(c) Were forced to work only through underground means.
(d) Had no choice but to rebel against the laws.

5. Beta described the concentration camp as he saw it; how should he have described it?
(a) As the Soviets wanted him to see it.
(b) As the Nazis intended.
(c) As the liberating American saw it.
(d) As it really was.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a man refuses to become a shock-worker in a factory, what does he soon find?

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

3. What kind of mentality do peasants have, according to the state?

4. Apart from his poetry, what was Delta's personality?

5. After the war, how was Alpha was received by Polish communists?

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