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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 is usury?
(a) Borrowing money.
(b) Funding a war privately.
(c) Forcing the public to pay for war.
(d) Charging interest on a loan.

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

3. 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.

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

5. Who must cut corners, according to "Kulchur: Part One?"
(a) Governmental rulers.
(b) Educators.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Military rulers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of piece is "Guide to Kulchur?"

2. What is religious in "The Proof of the Pudding?"

3. What area of writing is the focus of "The Promised Land?"

4. How does Pound describe the title "Guide to Kulchur?"

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

(see the answer key)

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