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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. Hebrews are primitive what?
(a) Aristocrats.
(b) "Lemmings."
(c) Democrats.
(d) Theocrats.

2. What author does Pound say is discussed enough, but not often read as a poet?
(a) D.H. Lawrence.
(b) T. S. Eliot.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Oscar Wilde.

3. What is based on ignoble elements?
(a) Culture.
(b) Art.
(c) Government.
(d) Philosophy.

4. The moderns have a vortex of will and ______.
(a) Free thought.
(b) Education.
(c) Consciousness.
(d) Spirituality.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pound want to write for?

2. What is the second essay in Part IV, Section VII?

3. What essay is noted by the author to be dry, but that something worthwhile can come from reading it?

4. According to the author, what survives because it is rooted in the idea of human universality?

5. What does Pound say "suits monkeys?"

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