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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI, Section XII, Study of Physiognomy, And Therefore Tending, Pergamena Deest, Watch the Beaners.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Pound describe "And Therefore Tending?"
(a) An educational essay.
(b) A brochure.
(c) An ode.
(d) A mission statement.

2. "Europe or The Setting" opens with a discussion of European what?
(a) Writings.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Composers.
(d) Paintings.

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

4. In "Neo-Platonicks Etc.," Pound discusses philosophers that followed who?
(a) Hobbes.
(b) Plato.
(c) Confucious.
(d) Neon Nickes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pound describe the title "Guide to Kulchur?"

2. What type of people are the subject of "Sophists?"

3. What qualifies Pound to give the advice he does in "Maxims of Prudence?"

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

5. Whose thought in London does Pound praise?

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