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

2. In Chapter 4, once the Nazis took over a country, how did they treat the printing presses?
(a) They destroyed the printing presses and offices.
(b) Almost nothing was printed in that country's language.
(c) They took over the presses to print large volumes of propaganda.
(d) Printing continued as normal.

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

4. According the Chapter 2, what does the Method emphasize about change?
(a) Moderate, deliberate change.
(b) Exercise of critical faculties.
(c) Stasis.
(d) Fluidity of phenomena.

5. 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 most amusing.
(c) Poetry that is unquestionably real.
(d) Poetry that is most vivid to the reader.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 3, how does Milosz succinctly define Ketman?

2. According to the center, contradictions ___________ in the minds of its citizens.

3. Milosz ends Chapter I with the question:

4. Aesthetic Ketman spreads because the citizens crave what aspect of daily life?

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

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