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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. "Europe or The Setting" opens with a discussion of European what?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Composers.
(d) Writings.

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

3. How does Pound describe the title "Guide to Kulchur?"
(a) Symbolic.
(b) Intentional.
(c) Allegorical.
(d) Ridiculous.

4. What science is addressed in "Kulchur: Part One?"
(a) Physics.
(b) Biology.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Astronomy.

5. What essay is the the main title for the subtitle: "Is what you can pick up and/or get in touch with, by talk with the most intelligence men of the period?"
(a) "The Novel and So Forth."
(b) "Precedents."
(c) "Time Lag."
(d) "The Culture of an Age."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pound want to write for?

2. The enemies of mankind are those who ossify what?

3. Hebrews are primitive what?

4. Pound wants people to know that Hadyn is similarly great to whom?

5. What does Pound say American can learn from?

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