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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 people should not consult with?
(a) Large, busy men.
(b) Lazy men.
(c) Fussy men.
(d) Small men.

2. Which sort of ideas are the men of today almost exclusively concerned with, according to Pound?
(a) Ideas that do not actually exist.
(b) Ideas that guide action and serve as rules of conduct.
(c) Ideas that guide action and serve as rules of conduct.
(d) Ideas that are meant to lead culture to evolve.

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

4. What organization does Pound criticize in "Government?"
(a) Peace Corps.
(b) League of Nations.
(c) United Nations.
(d) Federal Bureau of Investigation.

5. What is is a mere bureaucracy full of hypocrites?
(a) The Church of Rome.
(b) The Lutheran Church.
(c) The English Church.
(d) The Baptist Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the problem in Italy, according to Pound?

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

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

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

5. What does Pound lament the decline of from the 19th century?

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