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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. What is infamy and based on ignorance of the nature of money?
(a) The loan system.
(b) The business model.
(c) The tax system.
(d) The banking system.

2. What author does the author deal with in "Monumental?"
(a) T. S. Eliot.
(b) Himself.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Franz Kafka.

3. How many pages is "Monumental?"
(a) Five.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Twelve.

4. What percentage of the time should one not respond to criticisms of one's artwork?
(a) 100.
(b) 99.
(c) 10.
(d) 0.

5. With what discussion does Pound open "The Recurring Decimal?"
(a) Haiku.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Odes.
(d) Economics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to civilization when people prefer a small amount of great things to a large amount of average things?

2. According to Pound, who was the last of the philosophers to really "get hold of something" and among the last to worry about reconciling churches?

3. According to Pound, what century involves much cultural decline?

4. Most of the focus in "Guide" is on intellectuals from what country?

5. What length best describes the essays in Section I?

(see the answer key)

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