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

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

3. Who is the author of "Guide to Kulchur"?
(a) W. E. B. DuBois.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) T. S. Eliot.
(d) Ezra Pound.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

5. What recent social encyclical comments on economic matters?

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