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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Section VI, Savoir Faire, The New Learning: Part Two, Examples of Civilization, Books.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. After Liebniz, professional philosophers are just ______ blokes, according to Pound.
(a) Amateur.
(b) Uneducated.
(c) Struggling.
(d) Lazy.

4. "Europe or The Setting" opens with a discussion of European what?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Writings.
(d) Composers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What country's textbooks are addressed in "Textbooks?"

2. What is one measure of civilization?

3. According to Pound, what nation is not civilized?

4. Pound describes the "Tempio Malatestiano" as both an apex and a(n) ______.

5. What is the effect Pound sees in usury?

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