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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The atmosphere in a collective society is one of what?
(a) Harmony and action.
(b) Usefulness and action.
(c) Strength and unhappiness.
(d) Solidarity and happiness.

2. Cosmopolitanism, as defined by communism, is what thought?
(a) Admiration for all cultures.
(b) Fear of the Western bourgeois cultures.
(c) Admiration for the Western bourgeois cultures.
(d) Admiration for all countries in the communist bloc.

3. What is the basis of dialectical materialism, in Milosz's understanding?
(a) History favors communism but allows capitalism to remain.
(b) Fascism paves the road for communism.
(c) History will again favor the bourgeois.
(d) History has condemned capitalism.

4. Defining good and evil outside of party interests is what type of Ketman?
(a) Metaphysical Ketman.
(b) Sceptical Ketman.
(c) Ethical Ketman.
(d) Aesthetic Ketman.

5. Art and literature of the party prove to the intellectual that what is true about the world?
(a) Things can be different if he works hard enough.
(b) Only Western influence can change things.
(c) Things cannot be different than they are.
(d) Only the party can change things.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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