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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. Alpha became a moral authority, as he had dreamed, because of his work in what place?
(a) In the underground, smuggling food.
(b) In the underground, smuggling Jews to safety.
(c) In the Communist Party, writing and publishing.
(d) In the underground, writing and publishing.

2. According to the center, contradictions ___________ in the minds of its citizens.
(a) Do not exist.
(b) Are allowed to remain.
(c) Are taught according to policy.
(d) Are stamped out immediately.

3. In Chapter 4, who is Alpha, the Moralist?
(a) A well-known prose writer, a good friend of Milosz.
(b) A little-known prose writer, a good friend of Milosz.
(c) A well-known prose writer not personally known to Milosz.
(d) A well-known poet, a good friend of Milosz.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Alpha fall into falseness?

2. Alpha's response to the Nazis' violent anti-Semitism was what emotion?

3. Milosz ends Chapter I with the question:

4. Witkiewicz's book dealt solely with what aspect of society?

5. Defining good and evil outside of party interests is what type of Ketman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why, according to party policy, can there be no contradictions in the minds of Soviet citizens?

2. .How did Alpha become a more religious writer when he turned away from Christianity?

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

4. When the Nazis invaded Warsaw, every man quickly changed his view of the world. Rather than reporting a corpse lying in the gutter, he passes quietly on. What does this say about man's state of mind then?

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

6. The pill takes away man's metaphysical concerns--why is this significant?

7. What significance is there in the fact that Murti-Bing comes in pill form?

8. If an artist disagrees with the dialectical method, he debates the question with a panel of Party authorities and always, undoubtedly loses. Why is this so?

9. Although human interaction is often characterized by some degree of acting, how do Eastern communists take this to an extreme? How does this affect them?

10. From several references to Tito throughout Chapters 2 and 3, what can the reader infer about him? What does the center gain by making an example of him?

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