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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Section VII, Maxims of Prudence, Human Wishes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What length best describes the essays in Section I?
(a) Book-length.
(b) Short.
(c) Long.
(d) Medium.

2. What does the author see as swiftness in a given field?
(a) Being genuine.
(b) Being a leader.
(c) Being strong.
(d) Being compassionate.

3. What does Pound discuss at the beginning of "Sparta 776 B.C.?"
(a) War in the ancient period.
(b) Money in the ancient period.
(c) Philosophy in the ancient period.
(d) Government in the ancient period.

4. Who does Pound say was wise to oppose usury?
(a) Adams.
(b) Washington.
(c) Jefferson.
(d) Lincoln.

5. Whose introduction in London does Pound praise?
(a) Anne Sexton's.
(b) George Gordon, Lord Byron's.
(c) T. S. Eliot's.
(d) Dr. Johnson's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pound reveal he worked in "The New Learning: Part Two?"

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

3. What type of education does the author address in "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"

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

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

(see the answer key)

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