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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 is compared to culture in the essay "Vortex?"
(a) Music.
(b) Sculpture.
(c) Theatre.
(d) Literature.

2. What is the first essay in Section II?
(a) "Ici Je Teste."
(b) "Tradition."
(c) "Great Bass."
(d) "Vortex."

3. Ancient Chinese sculpture had a vortex of intense ______.
(a) Maturity.
(b) Peace.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Balance.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is a new angle useful in writing?

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

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

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

5. Which sort of ideas are the men of today almost exclusively concerned with, according to Pound?

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