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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In 1932, Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz wrote a book entitled what?
(a) Insatiability.
(b) Insecurity.
(c) Incongruity.
(d) Instability.

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

5. The people who practice metaphysical Ketman are often former ____________ .
(a) Communists.
(b) Philosophers.
(c) Catholics.
(d) Humanists.

6. Why does the state take advantage of professional Ketman?
(a) It exploits the workers.
(b) It has other, more pressing concerns.
(c) It needs doctors and engineers.
(d) The problem is minimal.

7. Alpha's response to the Nazis' violent anti-Semitism was what emotion?
(a) Outrage.
(b) Quiet approval.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Support.

8. Milosz compares the Method to what animal?
(a) A powerful bird whose wing is broken.
(b) A snake, for which the tail begins at any point.
(c) An ox, strong enough to bear the weight of reality.
(d) A fox, wily enough to deceive those who are skeptical.

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

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

11. Milosz says that an individual has no more significance to the muse of history than what object?
(a) A weed in a field.
(b) An instrument in an orchestra.
(c) A cog in a machine.
(d) An atom in space.

12. Why did Alpha eventually become a communist?
(a) The party threatened his life.
(b) He had no other choice.
(c) He thought it was best for his family.
(d) He was tricked into it.

13. In Milosz's experience, how does the East view everything from the West?
(a) Evil.
(b) Good.
(c) Pure.
(d) Unnecessary

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Citizens of communist countries become adept in what skill, according to Milosz?

3. Walking in the ruined city in 1945, what emotion did Alpha feel primarily?

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

5. When a man looks to the West, why does he not have clear insight?

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