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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. Where did Pound waste time studying?
(a) Paris.
(b) Madrid.
(c) London.
(d) New York.

2. What is compared to culture in the essay "Vortex?"
(a) Theatre.
(b) Literature.
(c) Music.
(d) Sculpture.

3. "Praise Song of the Buck-Hare" presents a poem written in what year?
(a) 1866.
(b) 1792.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1861.

4. What aspect of Greek epics have been given insufficient attention, according to Pound?
(a) Their lessons.
(b) Their settings.
(c) Their authors.
(d) Their characters.

5. According to the author, what survives because it is rooted in the idea of human universality?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Literature.
(d) Music.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of artists are the subject of the author's observations in "Guide?"

2. Whose thought in London does Pound praise?

3. Pound rejects the view that who should not study moral philosophy?

4. What philosopher is discussed in "To Recapitulate?"

5. How many quotes from great Americans are reviewed in the Introductory Textbook?

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