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

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

3. After the war, how was Alpha was received by Polish communists?
(a) With open arms.
(b) On the condition he write what they wanted.
(c) Skeptically.
(d) With hostility.

4. Every man considers his mode of life as what?
(a) Unnatural.
(b) Destined to change.
(c) Natural.
(d) Necessary.

5. Walking in the ruined city in 1945, what emotion did Alpha feel primarily?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Despair.
(c) Anger.
(d) Confusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. The atmosphere in a collective society is one of what?

2. Alpha's pursuit of purity in his work was driven largely by what characteristic?

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

4. Chapter 2 opens with the picture of the Eastern communists looking to the West with what emotion/s?

5. Harboring contempt for Russia is what type of Ketman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it important that man not only be free from something but also for something?

2. Why is the Ketman of revolutionary purity the most rare form of Ketman?

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. What is historic fatalism and how does it affect even a man's most personal interactions?

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

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

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