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

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the important modes of thought discussed in "Ici Je Teste?"
(a) Contemplation.
(b) Cogitation.
(c) Relation.
(d) Meditation.

3. What makes many great Greek tragedies boring, according to the author?
(a) Attention to meaning above all else.
(b) Unrelatable storylines.
(c) Detailed translation.
(d) Translations of translations.

4. Who is the author of "Guide to Kulchur"?
(a) W. E. B. DuBois.
(b) Ezra Pound.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) T. S. Eliot.

5. In "Aeschylus and ..." the author discusses the triumph of ______ over ______ in culture.
(a) Detail; meaning.
(b) Meaning; detail.
(c) Spirituality; history.
(d) History; spirituality.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does real knowledge go into men, according to the author?

2. In whose work does the idea of the vortex lie?

3. Who is the author walking through a range of different artists in "Guide?"

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

5. How many pages is "Monumental?"

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