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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. According to Pound, what century involves much cultural decline?
(a) The 19th.
(b) The 17th.
(c) The 18th.
(d) The 20th.

2. Whose thought in London does Pound praise?
(a) Dr. Johnson's.
(b) George Gordon, Lord Byron's.
(c) Anne Sexton's.
(d) T. S. Eliot's.

3. What qualifies Pound to give the advice he does in "Maxims of Prudence?"
(a) His education.
(b) His religion.
(c) HIs political affiliation.
(d) His age.

4. What did England's special darkness cause an interruption in?
(a) Education.
(b) Communication.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Religion.

5. What makes many great Greek tragedies boring, according to the author?
(a) Translations of translations.
(b) Attention to meaning above all else.
(c) Detailed translation.
(d) Unrelatable storylines.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Pound, what nation is not civilized?

2. Whose introduction in London does Pound praise?

3. What recent social encyclical comments on economic matters?

4. What did the author experience after finishing the book addressed in "Monumental?"

5. What is not yet rotted by "usury" or the practice of making money from money?

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