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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Looking to the West.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Witkiewicz's book dealt solely with what aspect of society?
(a) Decay in society.
(b) Salvation for mankind.
(c) Decay in industrial abilities.
(d) Futuristic societies.

2. According to Witkiewicz, what role does religion play in modern society?
(a) Actively involved.
(b) Remains only as part of the fading tradition.
(c) None at all.
(d) Slowly dying but still forceful.

3. According to Milosz, nations which have recently come under communist rule feel excitement at first, and then feel what emotion?
(a) Trepidation for their unknown future.
(b) Sadness for the loss of their autonomy.
(c) That they've been lied to about the government.
(d) That they've been caught in a trap like mice.

4. Chapter 2 notes that though it is good to be free from something, how does freedom become better?
(a) From many things.
(b) For something.
(c) To rest.
(d) To work.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1932, Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz wrote a book entitled what?

2. Milosz compares the American law system to what image?

3. Multi-Bing pills establish ________ foundations rather than _________ .

4. Russian engineers and doctors ________ Western innovations.

5. In the 1940s, once they were freed of the past, how did the Eastern countries think?

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