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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 see as swiftness in a given field?
(a) Being strong.
(b) Being compassionate.
(c) Being genuine.
(d) Being a leader.

2. Whose poetry does Pound want people to appreciate?
(a) Samuel Johnson.
(b) George Gordon, Lord Byron.
(c) William Blake.
(d) T. S. Eliot.

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

4. What does Pound recommend in "Precedents?"
(a) Important writers.
(b) Important philosophers.
(c) Important artists.
(d) Important composers.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What science is addressed in "Kulchur: Part One?"

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

4. Where does sovereignty rest, according to Pound?

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

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