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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Section VII, Maxims of Prudence, Human Wishes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes many great Greek tragedies boring, according to the author?
(a) Translations of translations.
(b) Attention to meaning above all else.
(c) Unrelatable storylines.
(d) Detailed translation.

2. What recent social encyclical comments on economic matters?
(a) Quadrigesimo Anno.
(b) Summorum Pontificum.
(c) Annus Horribilius.
(d) Anglicanorum Coetibus.

3. In which direction was the culture of Christian medieval?
(a) Inward.
(b) Outward.
(c) Circular.
(d) Vertical.

4. What was the focus of Rome, according to "Sparta 776 B.C.?"
(a) The government.
(b) The military.
(c) The spiritual.
(d) The social.

5. When the author presents examples in "Aeschylus and ...," what does he say he is doing?
(a) Practical application.
(b) "Show, don't tell."
(c) Life experience demonstrations (LEDs).
(d) Aesthetic criticism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of Greek epics have been given insufficient attention, according to Pound?

2. What is more important than knowledge?

3. What of Pound's is rebuked in "Human Wishes?"

4. What does Pound lament the decline of in "Zweck or the Aim?"

5. What is compared to culture in the essay "Vortex?"

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