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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Addenda: 1952, As Sextant, Introductory Textbook.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second essay in Part IV, Section VII?
(a) "Guide to Kulchur."
(b) "Ici, Je Teste."
(c) "Human Wishes."
(d) "Maxims of Prudence."

2. What is the longest essay of the book?
(a) "Pergamena Deest."
(b) "And Therefore Tending."
(c) "Study of Physiognomy."
(d) "Watch the Beaners."

3. What is infamy and based on ignorance of the nature of money?
(a) The loan system.
(b) The tax system.
(c) The business model.
(d) The banking system.

4. The author argues that real knowledge does not jump from where to where?
(a) The mind to the page.
(b) The mind to the pen.
(c) The pen to the stage.
(d) The page to the mind.

5. What is one measure of civilization?
(a) Its fears.
(b) Its government.
(c) Its hopes.
(d) Its behavior toward families.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did England's special darkness cause an interruption in?

2. What work does Pound claim he did not comment on?

3. Whose ideas must the Catholic Church take seriously in order revive?

4. Who was the grandfather of Descartes?

5. Whose "The Four Books" are included in Pound's list of books that must be read?

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