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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ketman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the 1940s, once they were freed of the past, how did the Eastern countries think?
(a) They regretted their choice.
(b) They returned to a feudalist system.
(c) They modified capitalism to fit their needs.
(d) They had no choice but the New Faith.

2. As explained in Chapter 1, if a man asks the questions to which the absurd leads him, he reaches what emotional state?
(a) Hatred of the bourgeois.
(b) Despair for society.
(c) Hatred of the proletariat.
(d) Hatred of himself.

3. Dialectical materialism appeals to the Eastern man because it is, in Milosz's term, what?
(a) Mathematical.
(b) Timely.
(c) Heavenly.
(d) Earthy.

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

5. Milosz asserts that the man of the New Faith has the greatest fear of what action?
(a) Thinking for others.
(b) Thinking for himself.
(c) Acting based on others' decisions.
(d) Losing the capability to reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. Russian engineers and doctors ________ Western innovations.

2. Within communist countries, it is not important what a man says but:

3. According to several examples from Eastern history, how is Ketman a way of living?

4. Taking joy that one's life occurs within the stream of life is what type of Ketman?

5. When a man looks to the West, why does he not have clear insight?

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