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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 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?

2. Dialectical materialism appeals to the Eastern man because it is, in Milosz's term, what?
(a) Earthy.
(b) Mathematical.
(c) Heavenly.
(d) Timely.

3. 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 proletariat.
(c) Hatred of himself.
(d) Hatred of the bourgeois.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Witkeiwicz's novel, if man is attuned to the absurd, what does he see?

2. What phrase occurs often throughout Chapter 2?

3. Cosmopolitanism, as defined by communism, is what thought?

4. In Milosz's experience, how does a man change under communist rule?

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

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