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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the 1940s, once they were freed of the past, how did the Eastern countries think?
(a) They modified capitalism to fit their needs.
(b) They regretted their choice.
(c) They returned to a feudalist system.
(d) They had no choice but the New Faith.

2. Russian engineers and doctors ________ Western innovations.
(a) Anticipate.
(b) Ignore.
(c) Copy.
(d) Sell.

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

4. Aesthetic Ketman spreads because the citizens crave what aspect of daily life?
(a) Similarity.
(b) Strangeness.
(c) Sameness.
(d) Superficiality.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Witkiewicz's novel, the characters ultimately become:

2. How do the inhabitants of communist countries appear?

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

4. Why, as Chapter 2 explains, do Eastern communists look to the West?

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

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