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

2. According to Pound, what century involves much cultural decline?
(a) The 17th.
(b) The 20th.
(c) The 19th.
(d) The 18th.

3. Where does Pound reveal he worked in "The New Learning: Part Two?"
(a) The Louvre.
(b) The Smithsonian.
(c) The Library of Congress.
(d) The Vatican Library.

4. Where will newness NOT be missed?
(a) Family oral traditions.
(b) Daily newspapers.
(c) Colleges.
(d) Public education.

5. What universities does Pound discuss in the first essay in Part IV, Section IX?
(a) English.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) American.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is is a mere bureaucracy full of hypocrites?

2. Who is the author of "Guide to Kulchur"?

3. Who does Pound briefly attack in "Royalty and All That?"

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

5. What program of Pound's will bring ideas to everyone and all will know their positions?

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