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

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

3. What requirement for confirmation in Christianity does Pound lament in the essay "Tradition?"
(a) Examination of consciousness.
(b) Allegience to an outdated religious model.
(c) A course of intense study.
(d) Confession.

4. What is the second sort of idea addressed in "The New Learning Part One?"
(a) Ideas that do not actually exist.
(b) Ideas that guide action and serve as rules of conduct.
(c) Ideas that exist and are discussed in a vacuum.
(d) Ideas that are meant to lead culture to evolve.

5. The moderns have a vortex of will and ______.
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Free thought.
(c) Education.
(d) Consciousness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many essays are contained in Section II?

3. According to Pound, who was the last of the philosophers to really "get hold of something" and among the last to worry about reconciling churches?

4. What did the moderns conquer?

5. What philosopher is the subject of the first essay in Section I?

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