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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. What type of education does the author address in "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"
(a) Seton.
(b) Charlotte Mason.
(c) Montessori.
(d) Self-schooling.

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

3. What did the moderns conquer?
(a) Philosophical discourse.
(b) Economic stability.
(c) Spiritual open-mindedness.
(d) Material reality.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What essay is noted by the author to be dry, but that something worthwhile can come from reading it?

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

3. What is the first essay in Section II?

4. Ancient Chinese sculpture had a vortex of intense ______.

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

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