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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. Whose "Divine Comedy" is included in Pound's list of books that must be read?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Eliot.
(c) Chaucer.
(d) Dante.

2. What habit does America have about history, according to Pound?
(a) Slanting it.
(b) Ignoring it.
(c) Arguing it.
(d) Rewriting it.

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

4. The epilogue discusses a man from what city?
(a) New York.
(b) Paris.
(c) Vienna.
(d) London.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pound discuss at the beginning of "Sparta 776 B.C.?"

2. What does Pound say American can learn from?

3. What is religious in "The Proof of the Pudding?"

4. What science is addressed in "Kulchur: Part One?"

5. Who authored the work Pound claims he did not comment on?

(see the answer key)

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