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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Section II, Vortex, Great Bass, Ici Je Teste, Tradition.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Liebniz, professional philosophers are just ______ blokes, according to Pound.
(a) Lazy.
(b) Uneducated.
(c) Amateur.
(d) Struggling.

2. What did the moderns conquer?
(a) Spiritual open-mindedness.
(b) Philosophical discourse.
(c) Economic stability.
(d) Material reality.

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

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

5. Where will newness NOT be missed?
(a) Family oral traditions.
(b) Colleges.
(c) Daily newspapers.
(d) Public education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What philosopher is the subject of the first essay in Section I?

2. What is the first essay in Section II?

3. The moderns have a vortex of will and ______.

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

5. In which direction was the culture of Christian medieval?

(see the answer key)

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