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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Pound, all men should be able to combine the practical and ______.

2. The first essay in Section I is called "______ of the Analects."

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 program of Pound's will bring ideas to everyone and all will know their positions?

5. The moderns have a vortex of will and ______.

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