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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 is the initial focus of "Ici Je Teste?"
(a) American history.
(b) The Catholic Church.
(c) Aquinas and Descartes.
(d) European education models.

2. "Savoir Faire" begins by asking what we mean to do when we ______.
(a) Debate.
(b) Act.
(c) Learn.
(d) Write.

3. In what year does the author claim that a bloke with small means could still see the best of Europe?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1958.

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

5. What program of Pound's will bring ideas to everyone and all will know their positions?
(a) New religion.
(b) New culture.
(c) New learning.
(d) New philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what survives because it is rooted in the idea of human universality?

2. What is one measure of civilization?

3. What type of people are the subject of "Sophists?"

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

5. According to Pound, what century involves much cultural decline?

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