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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 is the effect Pound sees in usury?
(a) Destroying culture.
(b) Destroying personal lives.
(c) Destroying families.
(d) Destroying business.

2. According to Pound, who was the last of the philosophers to really "get hold of something" and among the last to worry about reconciling churches?
(a) Liebniz.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Holmes.
(d) Descartes.

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

4. How many pages is "Italy?"
(a) Two.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

5. When the author presents examples in "Aeschylus and ...," what does he say he is doing?
(a) "Show, don't tell."
(b) Practical application.
(c) Life experience demonstrations (LEDs).
(d) Aesthetic criticism.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says discoveries are made by men who can what?

2. Who does Pound say was wise to oppose usury?

3. What is one measure of civilization?

4. How many pages is "Monumental?"

5. What is compared to culture in the essay "Vortex?"

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