The Captive Mind | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1, The Pill of Murti-Bing

1. Milosz's book The Captive Mind deals with what subject?

What he experienced living in Poland.

2. In the mid-twentieth century, many European nations realized that they could be directly influenced by what force?

Philosophy.

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

Insatiability.

4. Witkiewicz's book dealt solely with what aspect of society?

Decay in society.

5. How do the Multi-Bing pills change a man?

They erase all metaphysical concerns.

6. In Witkiewicz's novel, the characters ultimately become:

Schizophrenics.

7. Witkiewicz thought art and philosophy were living out their last days, and how did he see their end?

He found life without them unbearable.

8. The Multi-Bing pills are most tempting to what type of person?

An intellectual.

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

The people who fight evil.

10. According...
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