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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Multi-Bing pills change a man?
(a) They erase vestiges of harmful personality.
(b) They create nervousness and tension.
(c) They erase all metaphysical concerns.
(d) They make him more productive in society.

2. Multi-Bing pills establish ________ foundations rather than _________ .
(a) Aesthetic, religious.
(b) Philosophical, scientific.
(c) Materialistic, aesthetic.
(d) Scientific, religious.

3. In Milosz's experience, how does a man change under communist rule?
(a) He sees the new rule as unnatural.
(b) He asks questions so he can understand the new government.
(c) He gains new habits slowly and painfully.
(d) He gains new habits quickly and asks no questions.

4. Milosz compares the American law system to what image?
(a) A powerful ship.
(b) A man alone on a log raft.
(c) A man drowning at sea.
(d) People in a raft paddling different directions.

5. Why, as Chapter 2 explains, do Eastern communists look to the West?
(a) The New Faith cannot satisfy their emotional needs.
(b) They are curious.
(c) The New Faith cannot satisfy their spiritual needs.
(d) The New Faith allows it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Peasants, in Milosz's understanding, assert what about their lives?

2. As far as man's preferences in Western art and literature, what aspect does Milosz refer to?

3. Dialectical materialism appeals to the Eastern man because it is, in Milosz's term, what?

4. During World War II, how did the nearness of death affect the Poles' lives?

5. In order to kept his apartment and good political standing, the man practicing aesthetic Ketman is willing to do what?

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