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

2. What is the second sort of idea addressed in "The New Learning Part One?"
(a) Ideas that exist and are discussed in a vacuum.
(b) Ideas that guide action and serve as rules of conduct.
(c) Ideas that do not actually exist.
(d) Ideas that are meant to lead culture to evolve.

3. How does real knowledge go into men, according to the author?
(a) All at once.
(b) From birth.
(c) In tidbits.
(d) Through experience.

4. How many essays are contained in Section II?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

5. What book does the author discuss in "Monumental?"
(a) "The Waste Land."
(b) "Cantos."
(c) "Ulysses."
(d) "The Metamorphosis."

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of education does the author address in "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"

2. Why is a new angle useful in writing?

3. Who was the grandfather of Descartes?

4. "Italy" argues that a vast civilization is contained within a few hundred Italian what?

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

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