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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. Milosz compares the Method to what animal?
(a) A fox, wily enough to deceive those who are skeptical.
(b) A powerful bird whose wing is broken.
(c) A snake, for which the tail begins at any point.
(d) An ox, strong enough to bear the weight of reality.

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

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

4. How does the Eastern communist regard everything from the West?
(a) With deep confusion.
(b) With loud enthusiasm.
(c) With strong criticism.
(d) With antipathy.

5. Milosz says that both the old way of life and war-time values are natural if what happens?
(a) They come without warning.
(b) The government prepares for them.
(c) The church sanctions them.
(d) They are within a person's experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. According the Chapter 2, what does the Method emphasize about change?

2. The most difficult thing for a man of the New Faith to conquer, according to Milosz, is his feeling of what?

3. Art and literature of the party prove to the intellectual that what is true about the world?

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

5. By standards of the East, as compared to the West, how is anyone with talent treated?

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