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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Harboring contempt for Russia is what type of Ketman?
(a) National Ketman.
(b) Sceptical Ketman.
(c) Ethical Ketman.
(d) Professional Ketman.

3. 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 himself.
(b) Hatred of the bourgeois.
(c) Hatred of the proletariat.
(d) Despair for society.

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

5. Milosz ends Chapter I with the question:
(a) What the devil does a man need?
(b) How long until man accepts the party?
(c) How long must communism continue?
(d) What else could man ask for?

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Every man considers his mode of life as what?

3. According to Witkiewicz, what role does religion play in modern society?

4. The atmosphere in a collective society is one of what?

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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