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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. Pound cites one author as arguing that "Nicomachean Ethics" is a mass of what?
(a) Nonsense.
(b) Notes.
(c) Idiocy.
(d) Idioms.

2. What did England's special darkness cause an interruption in?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Education.
(c) Religion.
(d) Communication.

3. How does Pound describe most Protestant parsons?
(a) Cultured.
(b) Misguided.
(c) Disillusioned.
(d) Uncivilized.

4. What does the author see as swiftness in a given field?
(a) Being genuine.
(b) Being strong.
(c) Being compassionate.
(d) Being a leader.

5. What does Pound lament the decline of in "Zweck or the Aim?"
(a) Liberal arts education.
(b) Classical education.
(c) Home education.
(d) One-room schoolhouses.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Part IV, Section VII, Pound discusses "The ______ of Human Wishes".

4. What author does Pound say is discussed enough, but not often read as a poet?

5. How does Pound describe "And Therefore Tending?"

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