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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V, Section X, Government, The Recurring Decimal, Decline of the Adamses, Royalty and All That.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "March 12th," who gives serious answers to serious questions?
(a) Government officials.
(b) The educated man.
(c) The civilized man.
(d) The philosopher.

3. Whose poetry does Pound want people to appreciate?
(a) T. S. Eliot.
(b) Samuel Johnson.
(c) William Blake.
(d) George Gordon, Lord Byron.

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

5. What is more important than knowledge?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Culture.
(c) Experience.
(d) Understanding.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Kulchur: Part Two," the author denies that knowledge is what?

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

3. What is the second essay in Part IV, Section VII?

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

5. The moderns have a vortex of will and ______.

(see the answer key)

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