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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Milosz compares the American law system to what image?
(a) People in a raft paddling different directions.
(b) A man alone on a log raft.
(c) A powerful ship.
(d) A man drowning at sea.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Russian engineers and doctors ________ Western innovations.

3. In 1932, Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz wrote a book entitled what?

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

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

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