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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 kind of minds are of great value, especially in a rotted milieu?
(a) Greedy.
(b) Self-serving.
(c) Disordered.
(d) Short-sighted.

2. Who does the author claim was a great man in "Values?"
(a) Mussolini.
(b) Castro.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Lenin.

3. What composer does the author comment on in "Kulchur: Part Two?"
(a) Vivaldi.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Bach.
(d) Mozart.

4. When the author presents examples in "Aeschylus and ...," what does he say he is doing?
(a) "Show, don't tell."
(b) Life experience demonstrations (LEDs).
(c) Practical application.
(d) Aesthetic criticism.

5. What program of Pound's will bring ideas to everyone and all will know their positions?
(a) New religion.
(b) New learning.
(c) New culture.
(d) New philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pound want to write for?

2. What is said of the intellect of the man discussed in the epilogue?

3. Why would Pound not give the first book of the "Nicomachean Ethics" to a young man?

4. "Great Bass: Part One" focuses on the ______ an ear can hear.

5. In what year does the author claim that a bloke with small means could still see the best of Europe?

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