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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 the initial focus of "Ici Je Teste?"
(a) Aquinas and Descartes.
(b) American history.
(c) The Catholic Church.
(d) European education models.

2. What program of Pound's will bring ideas to everyone and all will know their positions?
(a) New religion.
(b) New learning.
(c) New philosophy.
(d) New culture.

3. What length best describes the essays in Section I?
(a) Long.
(b) Book-length.
(c) Short.
(d) Medium.

4. According to Pound, all men should be able to combine the practical and ______.
(a) The physical.
(b) The psychological.
(c) The philosophical.
(d) The psychosomatic.

5. What is more important than knowledge?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Experience.
(c) Culture.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the focus of Rome, according to "Sparta 776 B.C.?"

3. "Great Bass: Part One" focuses on the ______ an ear can hear.

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

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

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