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

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

3. Who is commended in "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"
(a) Plato.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Descartes.

4. What important structures are discussed in "Examples of Civilization?"
(a) Cultural.
(b) Architectural.
(c) Political.
(d) Religious.

5. What kind of minds are of great value, especially in a rotted milieu?
(a) Greedy.
(b) Disordered.
(c) Short-sighted.
(d) Self-serving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What recent social encyclical comments on economic matters?

2. What was the focus of Rome, according to "Sparta 776 B.C.?"

3. After Liebniz, professional philosophers are just ______ blokes, according to Pound.

4. The author argues that real knowledge does not jump from where to where?

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

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