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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Section IX, Education or Information, Neo-Platonicks Etc., Losses, Odes: Risks, Great Bass: Part Two, Tone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What qualifies Pound to give the advice he does in "Maxims of Prudence?"
(a) His religion.
(b) HIs political affiliation.
(c) His age.
(d) His education.

2. According to Pound, what century involves much cultural decline?
(a) The 17th.
(b) The 19th.
(c) The 20th.
(d) The 18th.

3. How long is "Maxims of Prudence?"
(a) Ten pages.
(b) Three pages.
(c) One page.
(d) Five pages.

4. Who is the author walking through a range of different artists in "Guide?"
(a) Historians.
(b) The uneducated.
(c) Sociologists.
(d) The products of American artists.

5. In "Neo-Platonicks Etc.," Pound discusses philosophers that followed who?
(a) Confucious.
(b) Plato.
(c) Hobbes.
(d) Neon Nickes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What universities does Pound discuss in the first essay in Part IV, Section IX?

2. In "The History of Philosophy Is ...?" the author notes that many philosophers tried to understand the world totally apart from what?

3. "Great Bass: Part One" focuses on the ______ an ear can hear.

4. What important structures are discussed in "Examples of Civilization?"

5. In "Aeschylus and ..." the author discusses the triumph of ______ over ______ in culture.

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