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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. "Zweck or the Aim" argues that the point of writing is to what?
(a) Record a culture's history for future generations.
(b) Share human experience.
(c) Reveal the whole subject from a new angle.
(d) Tell the truth.

2. What did the author experience after finishing the book addressed in "Monumental?"
(a) Joy.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Catharsis.
(d) Anger.

3. Who is commended in "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"
(a) Plato.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Nietzsche.

4. What science is addressed in "Kulchur: Part One?"
(a) Physics.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Biology.
(d) Astronomy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author ends "The History of Philosophy Is ...?" with the claim that discoveries are made by whom?

2. Whose financial situation does the author discuss?

3. After Liebniz, professional philosophers are just ______ blokes, according to Pound.

4. Whose ideas must the Catholic Church take seriously in order revive?

5. Most of the focus in "Guide" is on intellectuals from what country?

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