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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. The author argues that real knowledge does not jump from where to where?
(a) The pen to the stage.
(b) The mind to the pen.
(c) The page to the mind.
(d) The mind to the page.

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

3. When the author presents examples in "Aeschylus and ...," what does he say he is doing?
(a) "Show, don't tell."
(b) Life experience demonstrations (LEDs).
(c) Practical application.
(d) Aesthetic criticism.

4. Where does Pound reveal he worked in "The New Learning: Part Two?"
(a) The Louvre.
(b) The Vatican Library.
(c) The Smithsonian.
(d) The Library of Congress.

5. Where will newness NOT be missed?
(a) Family oral traditions.
(b) Colleges.
(c) Public education.
(d) Daily newspapers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is more important than knowledge?

2. What aspect of Greek epics have been given insufficient attention, according to Pound?

3. How many pages is "Italy?"

4. "Savoir Faire" begins by asking what we mean to do when we ______.

5. The author ends "The History of Philosophy Is ...?" with the claim that discoveries are made by whom?

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