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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 is commonplace.
(b) It is a necessary evil.
(c) It is a bad idea.
(d) It will not happen ten years from now.

2. "Arabia Deserta" begins with discussions of old writings that identify high and low what?
(a) Cultures.
(b) Royalty.
(c) Points in history.
(d) Philosophies.

3. Where does sovereignty rest, according to Pound?
(a) Money.
(b) Blood.
(c) Military might.
(d) Culture.

4. What is religious in "The Proof of the Pudding?"
(a) Literature.
(b) Culture.
(c) Music.
(d) Art.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pound believe is superior to Aristotle?

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

3. "Europe or The Setting" opens with a discussion of European what?

4. What country's textbooks are addressed in "Textbooks?"

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

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