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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 universities does Pound discuss in the first essay in Part IV, Section IX?
(a) English.
(b) German.
(c) French.
(d) American.

2. What makes many great Greek tragedies boring, according to the author?
(a) Unrelatable storylines.
(b) Translations of translations.
(c) Detailed translation.
(d) Attention to meaning above all else.

3. What author does the author deal with in "Monumental?"
(a) Himself.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Franz Kafka.
(d) T. S. Eliot.

4. Why would Pound not give the first book of the "Nicomachean Ethics" to a young man?
(a) It confuses.
(b) It is meant to be read last.
(c) It is poorly written.
(d) It is incomplete.

5. After Liebniz, professional philosophers are just ______ blokes, according to Pound.
(a) Amateur.
(b) Struggling.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Uneducated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the longest essay of the book?

2. How does real knowledge go into men, according to the author?

3. How does Pound describe the title "Guide to Kulchur?"

4. Why is a new angle useful in writing?

5. What was the focus of Rome, according to "Sparta 776 B.C.?"

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