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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. Whose preface does Pound label as "urbane?"
(a) Franz Kafka's.
(b) Dr. Johnson's.
(c) Sir Walter Raleigh's.
(d) T. S. Eliot's.

2. How long is "Maxims of Prudence?"
(a) Five pages.
(b) One page.
(c) Three pages.
(d) Ten pages.

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

4. What are men drunk with in philosophy?
(a) God.
(b) Thought.
(c) Themselves.
(d) Philosophy.

5. What is the second essay in Part IV, Section VII?
(a) "Human Wishes."
(b) "Ici, Je Teste."
(c) "Guide to Kulchur."
(d) "Maxims of Prudence."

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose introduction in London does Pound praise?

2. Where were people sent for systemized information in Pound's youth?

3. In "Neo-Platonicks Etc.," Pound discusses philosophers that followed who?

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

5. What book does the author discuss in "Monumental?"

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