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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V, Section XI, Arabia Deserta, Kung, Chaucer Was Framed?, Happy Days, The Promised Land.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say about borrowing money?
(a) It will not happen ten years from now.
(b) It is a bad idea.
(c) It is a necessary evil.
(d) It is commonplace.

2. Who does the author claim was a great man in "Values?"
(a) Castro.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Lenin.
(d) Mussolini.

3. What does Pound say "suits monkeys?"
(a) Communism.
(b) Dictatorship.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Socialism.

4. Since when has American been imbecilic, according to Pound?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1931.

5. What opposes the arts, melody, and design?
(a) Fascism.
(b) The Victorian Age.
(c) The Industrial Age.
(d) Usury.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Arabia Deserta" begins with discussions of old writings that identify high and low what?

2. What habit does America have about history, according to Pound?

3. According to the author, what survives because it is rooted in the idea of human universality?

4. Who must cut corners, according to "Kulchur: Part One?"

5. What type of people are the subject of "Sophists?"

(see the answer key)

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