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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When a man looks to the West, why does he not have clear insight?
(a) The party center obscures the truth.
(b) He cannot be realistic.
(c) Life in the East has drastically shaped his view.
(d) His emotions interfere.

3. Taking joy that one's life occurs within the stream of life is what type of Ketman?
(a) Ethical Ketman.
(b) Aesthetic Ketman.
(c) Professional Ketman.
(d) The Ketman of revolutionary purity.

4. According the Chapter 2, what does the Method emphasize about change?
(a) Stasis.
(b) Moderate, deliberate change.
(c) Fluidity of phenomena.
(d) Exercise of critical faculties.

5. The Multi-Bing pills are most tempting to what type of person?
(a) A merchant.
(b) A worker.
(c) An intellectual.
(d) A peasant.

Short Answer Questions

1. The "accidental unmaskings of Ketman," Chapter 3, are called _________ .

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

3. Those who assert that their work is most important, rather than the ends and benefactors of the work, are following which Ketman?

4. At the end of Chapter 3, how does Milosz succinctly define Ketman?

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

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