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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Witkiewicz thought art and philosophy were living out their last days, and how did he see their end?
(a) He tried to slow their decay.
(b) He tried to speed their demise.
(c) He found life without them unbearable.
(d) He couldn't wait until they were gone.

2. How prevalent is National Ketman?
(a) Limited to the people who have no power within the party.
(b) Limited to the upper circles of the party.
(c) Not of concern to the center.
(d) Widespread throughout communist society.

3. The Ketman of revolutionary purity holds that a tyrant's reign may be justified in what circumstances?
(a) In extreme historical circumstances.
(b) For a brief period of time.
(c) If he brings the nation out of its troubles.
(d) If he cannot be deposed.

4. By standards of the East, as compared to the West, how is anyone with talent treated?
(a) He is put to full use.
(b) He is allowed to go his own way.
(c) He is ignored.
(d) He is rejected by the State.

5. In Witkeiwicz's novel, if man is attuned to the absurd, what does he see?
(a) People's individual lives are meaningless.
(b) There is no hope of salvation, either earthly or heavenly.
(c) His own life is worthless.
(d) The state is meaningless.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the basis of dialectical materialism, in Milosz's understanding?

2. How do the Multi-Bing pills change a man?

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

4. Multi-Bing pills establish ________ foundations rather than _________ .

5. The purpose of Chapter 2 is to compare and contrast what two groups?

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