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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Section IX, Education or Information, Neo-Platonicks Etc., Losses, Odes: Risks, Great Bass: Part Two, Tone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What universities does Pound discuss in the first essay in Part IV, Section IX?
(a) American.
(b) German.
(c) English.
(d) French.

2. How many essays are contained in Section II?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

3. What is compared to culture in the essay "Vortex?"
(a) Literature.
(b) Music.
(c) Sculpture.
(d) Theatre.

4. In Part IV, Section VII, Pound discusses "The ______ of Human Wishes".
(a) Mercy.
(b) Humility.
(c) Vanity.
(d) Hope.

5. How does real knowledge go into men, according to the author?
(a) All at once.
(b) From birth.
(c) Through experience.
(d) In tidbits.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the initial focus of "Ici Je Teste?"

2. What of Pound's is rebuked in "Human Wishes?"

3. Who is commended in "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"

4. What is the effect Pound sees in usury?

5. According to Pound, what century involves much cultural decline?

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