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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. 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.

2. When did Alpha became a more religious writer?
(a) When he supported the underground Catholic church.
(b) When he became more fully involved in the church.
(c) When he turned his back on Christianity.
(d) When he scoffed all Catholic writers.

3. Those who assert that their work is most important, rather than the ends and benefactors of the work, are following which Ketman?
(a) Professional Ketman.
(b) Aesthetic Ketman
(c) Sceptical Ketman
(d) Ethical Ketman.

4. Taking joy that one's life occurs within the stream of life is what type of Ketman?
(a) Ethical Ketman.
(b) The Ketman of revolutionary purity.
(c) Professional Ketman.
(d) Aesthetic Ketman.

5. Citizens of communist countries become adept in what skill, according to Milosz?
(a) Acting.
(b) Persuading.
(c) Imitating.
(d) Reasoning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why, as Chapter 2 explains, do Eastern communists look to the West?

2. Why does the state take advantage of professional Ketman?

3. Beta described the concentration camp as he saw it; how should he have described it?

4. The people who practice metaphysical Ketman are often former ____________ .

5. American politics regarded Russia's invasion of Eastern countries with what emotion?

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