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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI, Section XII, Study of Physiognomy, And Therefore Tending, Pergamena Deest, Watch the Beaners.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Great Bass: Part One" focuses on the ______ an ear can hear.
(a) Largest combination of frequencies.
(b) Highest noises.
(c) Smallest vibrations.
(d) Lowest noises.

2. What is more important than knowledge?
(a) Experience.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Culture.

3. What is the longest essay of the book?
(a) "Pergamena Deest."
(b) "Study of Physiognomy."
(c) "Watch the Beaners."
(d) "And Therefore Tending."

4. How many essays are contained in Section II?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

5. "Italy" argues that a vast civilization is contained within a few hundred Italian what?
(a) Writers.
(b) Musicians.
(c) Sculptors.
(d) Painters.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does real knowledge go into men, according to the author?

2. "Savoir Faire" begins by asking what we mean to do when we ______.

3. Whose merits does Pound expound on in "Study of Physiognomy?"

4. What area of writing is the focus of "The Promised Land?"

5. In whose work does the idea of the vortex lie?

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