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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Section V, Values, Europe or the Setting, Sophists, Kulchur: Part One, Kulchur Part Two, March 12th, Textbooks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many essays are contained in Section I?
(a) Five.
(b) Nine.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

2. What does Pound discuss at the beginning of "Sparta 776 B.C.?"
(a) Money in the ancient period.
(b) Government in the ancient period.
(c) War in the ancient period.
(d) Philosophy in the ancient period.

3. In which direction was the culture of Christian medieval?
(a) Vertical.
(b) Outward.
(c) Circular.
(d) Inward.

4. In "The History of Philosophy Is ...?" the author notes that many philosophers tried to understand the world totally apart from what?
(a) Religion.
(b) Observation.
(c) Science.
(d) Experience.

5. What philosopher is the subject of the first essay in Section I?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Confucius.
(d) Lao Tzu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which sort of ideas are the men of today almost exclusively concerned with, according to Pound?

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

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

4. In "March 12th," who gives serious answers to serious questions?

5. What does Pound lament the decline of in "Zweck or the Aim?"

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