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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 is the effect Pound sees in usury?
(a) Destroying personal lives.
(b) Destroying families.
(c) Destroying business.
(d) Destroying culture.

2. What is the second essay in Part IV, Section VII?
(a) "Ici, Je Teste."
(b) "Guide to Kulchur."
(c) "Human Wishes."
(d) "Maxims of Prudence."

3. What composer does the author comment on in "Kulchur: Part Two?"
(a) Bach.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Vivaldi.

4. How many essays are contained in Section II?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author see as swiftness in a given field?

3. What of Pound's is rebuked in "Human Wishes?"

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

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

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