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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Witkiewicz's novel, the characters ultimately become:
(a) Catatonic.
(b) Hypochondriacs.
(c) Schizophrenics.
(d) Bolshevik.

2. Peasants, in Milosz's understanding, assert what about their lives?
(a) Change must come.
(b) Feudalism is their only salvation.
(c) They are perfectly happy with their lives.
(d) Communism is their only salvation.

3. In the mid-twentieth century, many European nations realized that they could be directly influenced by what force?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Communism.
(c) New rulers.
(d) Philosophy.

4. American politics regarded Russia's invasion of Eastern countries with what emotion?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Fear.
(c) Scorn.
(d) Anger.

5. Cosmopolitanism, as defined by communism, is what thought?
(a) Admiration for the Western bourgeois cultures.
(b) Admiration for all countries in the communist bloc.
(c) Fear of the Western bourgeois cultures.
(d) Admiration for all cultures.

Short Answer Questions

1. Milosz admits that he has great admiration for what people or force?

2. Fifty years of re-education within the party can change entire nations so that they become what?

3. Defining good and evil outside of party interests is what type of Ketman?

4. As seen in Chapter 2, how does the poet of a communist country write?

5. The people who practice metaphysical Ketman are often former ____________ .

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