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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. Who is commended in "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"
(a) Plato.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Nietzsche.

2. According to the author, what survives because it is rooted in the idea of human universality?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Music.
(d) Literature.

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

4. What is the initial focus of "Ici Je Teste?"
(a) European education models.
(b) Aquinas and Descartes.
(c) The Catholic Church.
(d) American history.

5. Who is the author of "Guide to Kulchur"?
(a) W. E. B. DuBois.
(b) Ezra Pound.
(c) T. S. Eliot.
(d) William Shakespeare.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author argues that real knowledge does not jump from where to where?

2. What makes many great Greek tragedies boring, according to the author?

3. In what year does the author claim that a bloke with small means could still see the best of Europe?

4. How many essays are in Part IV, Section VII?

5. According to Pound, all men should be able to combine the practical and ______.

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