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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Section III, Guide, Italy, Aeschylus and ..., Monumental, Section IV, The History of Philosophy is ...?.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "Italy" argues that a vast civilization is contained within a few hundred Italian what?
(a) Painters.
(b) Writers.
(c) Sculptors.
(d) Musicians.

3. The author ends "The History of Philosophy Is ...?" with the claim that discoveries are made by whom?
(a) Gluttons and addicts.
(b) Uneducated and the unenlightened.
(c) The studious.
(d) The lucky.

4. 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?
(a) Liebniz.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Holmes.
(d) Aristotle.

5. Which sort of ideas are the men of today almost exclusively concerned with, according to Pound?
(a) Ideas that guide action and serve as rules of conduct.
(b) Ideas that are meant to lead culture to evolve.
(c) Ideas that guide action and serve as rules of conduct.
(d) Ideas that do not actually exist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What recent social encyclical comments on economic matters?

2. What does Pound lament the decline of in "Zweck or the Aim?"

3. What is the second sort of idea addressed in "The New Learning Part One?"

4. Who is commended in "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"

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

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