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

2. What does Pound lament the decline of in "Zweck or the Aim?"
(a) Classical education.
(b) One-room schoolhouses.
(c) Home education.
(d) Liberal arts education.

3. "Great Bass: Part One" focuses on the ______ an ear can hear.
(a) Highest noises.
(b) Smallest vibrations.
(c) Lowest noises.
(d) Largest combination of frequencies.

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

5. What recent social encyclical comments on economic matters?
(a) Summorum Pontificum.
(b) Quadrigesimo Anno.
(c) Annus Horribilius.
(d) Anglicanorum Coetibus.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Zweck or the Aim" argues that the point of writing is to what?

2. What requirement for confirmation in Christianity does Pound lament in the essay "Tradition?"

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

4. What is the initial focus of "Ici Je Teste?"

5. What does Pound discuss at the beginning of "Sparta 776 B.C.?"

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