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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. What phrase occurs often throughout Chapter 2?
(a) The cosmopolitan West.
(b) The horrific West.
(c) The decadent West.
(d) The venerable West.

2. Chapter 2 opens with the picture of the Eastern communists looking to the West with what emotion/s?
(a) Disillusionment.
(b) Anger and confusion.
(c) Unabashed hope.
(d) A mixture of hope and despair.

3. According to Chapter 4, as the Polish uprising fought the Nazis for control of Warsaw, what did the Red Army do?
(a) Waited in Moscow.
(b) Watched from across the river.
(c) Sided with the Nazis.
(d) Sent troops to help.

4. The "accidental unmaskings of Ketman," Chapter 3, are called _________ .
(a) Derivations.
(b) Hallucinations.
(c) Perpetuations.
(d) Deviations.

5. At the end of Chapter 3, how does Milosz succinctly define Ketman?
(a) Against something.
(b) For the benefit of mankind.
(c) Against the state.
(d) In the name of the state.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Metaphysical Ketman treat man's mind?

2. Milosz illustrates Ketman with the example of what person?

3. In order to kept his apartment and good political standing, the man practicing aesthetic Ketman is willing to do what?

4. Milosz's book The Captive Mind deals with what subject?

5. In seeking a strong heroic element, what character/s did Alpha's second novel choose?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

6. Why, in the end, could Alpha make only one decision about joining the party?

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

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

9. What is communism's goal for the relationship between the present and the past?

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

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