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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 4, who is Alpha, the Moralist?
2. Why did Alpha eventually become a communist?
3. In the eyes of the besieged Pole, what is the only poetry that will last?
4. The atmosphere in a collective society is one of what?
5. The people who practice metaphysical Ketman are often former ____________ .
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is cosmopolitanism linked to nationalist concerns? What does the center gain by connecting these?
2. 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?
3. Although only a couple presses were kept intact, in order to print Nazi propaganda, the underground writing flourished. Why?
4. Is Ketman necessary to the citizen of the New Faith? Why?
5. What is historic fatalism and how does it affect even a man's most personal interactions?
6. How does national Ketman satisfy, as much as possible, the nationalist leanings in a man? Why is this an important Ketman?
7. What is communism's goal for the relationship between the present and the past?
8. Why is it important that man not only be free from something but also for something?
9. What advantages does the Center gain with the idea of "cosmopolitanism"?
10. What is the difference between Eastern and Western Communists?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"The moment when bullets pierce the flesh is a moment of amazement for the body. Life and death mingle for a second..." (pg. 184). How accurate is this statement (written and read by people who have never experienced death)? How does this add to the reader's horror of these deaths?
Essay Topic 2
In different ways, the Polish people learned to contain and even condense their emotions, letting only the most elemental emotions show. What does this say about man's ability to survive difficult times? To what extent were the people reduced to the physiological level of hunted animals? Use examples from the book to show how emotions were stripped down to their most basic level.
Essay Topic 3
Through Party propaganda and education, communism suppresses man's ability to think for himself. How do the people presented in The Captive Mind either fight or accept this suppression? Consider only the main subjects of the book, including their writing for the underground or for the party.
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