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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Milosz's experience, how does a man change under communist rule?
(a) He asks questions so he can understand the new government.
(b) He gains new habits slowly and painfully.
(c) He gains new habits quickly and asks no questions.
(d) He sees the new rule as unnatural.

2. Multi-Bing pills establish ________ foundations rather than _________ .
(a) Philosophical, scientific.
(b) Materialistic, aesthetic.
(c) Scientific, religious.
(d) Aesthetic, religious.

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

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

5. What phrase occurs often throughout Chapter 2?
(a) The horrific West.
(b) The decadent West.
(c) The venerable West.
(d) The cosmopolitan West.

Short Answer Questions

1. Milosz says that both the old way of life and war-time values are natural if what happens?

2. Milosz ends Chapter I with the question:

3. Within communist countries, it is not important what a man says but:

4. Milosz compares the Method to what animal?

5. During World War II, how did the nearness of death affect the Poles' lives?

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