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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. The moderns have a vortex of will and ______.
(a) Consciousness.
(b) Education.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Free thought.

2. Who does Pound briefly attack in "Royalty and All That?"
(a) Lenin.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Marx.
(d) Stalin.

3. What important structures are discussed in "Examples of Civilization?"
(a) Architectural.
(b) Political.
(c) Cultural.
(d) Religious.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many essays are contained in Section I?

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

3. With what discussion does Pound open "The Recurring Decimal?"

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

5. What qualifies Pound to give the advice he does in "Maxims of Prudence?"

(see the answer key)

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