View a FREE sample

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. Whose life does Pound believe was in line with the best modern views?
(a) Tennyson.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Eliot.
(d) Confucious.

2. What habit does America have about history, according to Pound?
(a) Rewriting it.
(b) Ignoring it.
(c) Arguing it.
(d) Slanting it.

3. Pound wants people to know that Hadyn is similarly great to whom?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Vivaldi.
(c) Mozart.
(d) Bach.

4. What area of writing is the focus of "The Promised Land?"
(a) English verse.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Haiku.
(d) Wilde's drama.

5. Civilization involves a sound balance of what?
(a) Education.
(b) Arts and science.
(c) People.
(d) Values.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "March 12th," who gives serious answers to serious questions?

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

3. Who does Pound believe is superior to Aristotle?

4. What does Pound say American can learn from?

5. What opposes the arts, melody, and design?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 179 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample