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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 1932, Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz wrote a book entitled what?
2. Milosz illustrates Ketman with the example of what person?
3. Art and literature of the party prove to the intellectual that what is true about the world?
4. In Witkeiwicz's novel, if man is attuned to the absurd, what does he see?
5. Which Ketman asserts that men do not know how to rule themselves or properly distribute goods?
Short Essay Questions
1. Is Ketman necessary to the citizen of the New Faith? Why?
2. Several times, Milosz describes bombed Warsaw as the cratered moon. How is this significant?
3. 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?
4. What is the difference between Eastern and Western Communists?
5. What is communism's goal for the relationship between the present and the past?
6. Although only a couple presses were kept intact, in order to print Nazi propaganda, the underground writing flourished. Why?
7. Why does aesthetic Ketman flourish, when nothing of the sort is necessary in other countries?
8. 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?
9. Why is it important that man not only be free from something but also for something?
10. What advantages does the Center gain with the idea of "cosmopolitanism"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Milosz repeatedly returns to the idea that religion is dead. Is this true? If so, how is it replaced in modern society? Keep in mind his argument that man craves the mysterious, and so religion is necessarily replaced.
Essay Topic 2
Given the examples only of these four men, what is your impression of communism? Is it possible to get a good idea of both communist ideals and its reality by reading about their lives? Use examples from their chapters to illustrate your thoughts.
Essay Topic 3
The West, in not taking advantage of every artist, wastes a huge amount of talent. Is the East's method better or worse? Is there an ideal system in which exceptional artists are appreciated without conforming to a particular method?
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