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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 essay is noted by the author to be dry, but that something worthwhile can come from reading it?
(a) "Sparta 776 B.C."
(b) "Totalitarian."
(c) "Digest of the Analects."
(d) "The New Learning Part One."

2. Ancient Chinese sculpture had a vortex of intense ______.
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Maturity.
(c) Balance.
(d) Peace.

3. How many essays are in Part IV, Section VII?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

4. What makes many great Greek tragedies boring, according to the author?
(a) Attention to meaning above all else.
(b) Unrelatable storylines.
(c) Detailed translation.
(d) Translations of translations.

5. According to Pound, all men should be able to combine the practical and ______.
(a) The psychosomatic.
(b) The psychological.
(c) The physical.
(d) The philosophical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of minds are of great value, especially in a rotted milieu?

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

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

4. What does Pound lament the decline of in "Zweck or the Aim?"

5. What requirement for confirmation in Christianity does Pound lament in the essay "Tradition?"

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