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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 2 notes that though it is good to be free from something, how does freedom become better?
(a) From many things.
(b) To work.
(c) To rest.
(d) For something.

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

3. The most difficult thing for a man of the New Faith to conquer, according to Milosz, is his feeling of what?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Elation.
(c) Trepidation.
(d) Suspicion.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a communist country, what is perhaps the best way to ensure one's safety?

2. How do the inhabitants of communist countries appear?

3. In Chapter 4, who is Alpha, the Moralist?

4. The Multi-Bing pills are most tempting to what type of person?

5. According to the center, contradictions ___________ in the minds of its citizens.

Short Essay Questions

1. As the new way comes into power, it cannot eradicate the old way all at once. Why not?

2. What is the difference between Eastern and Western Communists?

3. Why does aesthetic Ketman flourish, when nothing of the sort is necessary in other countries?

4. What advantages does the Center gain with the idea of "cosmopolitanism"?

5. How does Ketman create pride in the man who practices it?

6. The Red Army had no reason to help Warsaw in its battle against the Nazis. Why was this true, and how did it set the stage for the new communist government?

7. Why does the Eastern communist often call the West stupid?

8. The East uses talented artists to their full ability, yet sometimes with mediocre results. Why does this happen?

9. Why does man find such joy in the "collective warmth" of which Milosz speaks?

10. Why does the man entering the gate of communism feel that he is doing something wrong?

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