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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Section II, Vortex, Great Bass, Ici Je Teste, Tradition.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Pound, all men should be able to combine the practical and ______.
(a) The physical.
(b) The philosophical.
(c) The psychosomatic.
(d) The psychological.

2. Who was the grandfather of Descartes?
(a) Aquinas.
(b) Thomas More.
(c) Francis of Assisi.
(d) Dante.

3. What was the focus of Rome, according to "Sparta 776 B.C.?"
(a) The government.
(b) The spiritual.
(c) The social.
(d) The military.

4. Why is a new angle useful in writing?
(a) It keeps the historical timeline pure.
(b) It shares a new voice in the human experience.
(c) It dispells lies and rumors.
(d) It brings newness to different readers.

5. After Liebniz, professional philosophers are just ______ blokes, according to Pound.
(a) Lazy.
(b) Amateur.
(c) Struggling.
(d) Uneducated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second sort of idea addressed in "The New Learning Part One?"

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

3. How many essays are contained in Section II?

4. What is the first essay in Section II?

5. According to Pound, what century involves much cultural decline?

(see the answer key)

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