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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI, Section XII, Study of Physiognomy, And Therefore Tending, Pergamena Deest, Watch the Beaners.

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 guide action and serve as rules of conduct.
(c) Ideas that do not actually exist.
(d) Ideas that guide action and serve as rules of conduct.

2. What is the first sort of idea addressed in "The New Learning Part One?"
(a) Ideas that guide action and serve as rules of conduct.
(b) Ideas that exist and are discussed in a vacuum.
(c) Ideas that are meant to lead culture to evolve.
(d) Ideas that do not actually exist.

3. Who is the author walking through a range of different artists in "Guide?"
(a) Sociologists.
(b) The products of American artists.
(c) The uneducated.
(d) Historians.

4. 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?
(a) Holmes.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Liebniz.

5. How does Pound describe the title "Guide to Kulchur?"
(a) Ridiculous.
(b) Symbolic.
(c) Intentional.
(d) Allegorical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of the time should one not respond to criticisms of one's artwork?

2. What recent social encyclical comments on economic matters?

3. What are men drunk with in philosophy?

4. In which direction was the culture of Christian medieval?

5. Who is commended in "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"

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