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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ancient Chinese sculpture had a vortex of intense ______.
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Balance.
(c) Peace.
(d) Maturity.

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

3. How many pages is "Monumental?"
(a) Three.
(b) Twelve.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

4. Whose ideas must the Catholic Church take seriously in order revive?
(a) Pope John Paul II.
(b) Liebniz.
(c) Plato.
(d) Luther.

5. What type of people are the subject of "Sophists?"
(a) Painters.
(b) Physicians.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Psychologists.

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

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

8. Who does Pound say was wise to oppose usury?
(a) Jefferson.
(b) Washington.
(c) Adams.
(d) Lincoln.

9. In what year does the author claim that a bloke with small means could still see the best of Europe?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1938.

10. Who must cut corners, according to "Kulchur: Part One?"
(a) Governmental rulers.
(b) Philosophers.
(c) Educators.
(d) Military rulers.

11. What did the author experience after finishing the book addressed in "Monumental?"
(a) Joy.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Catharsis.

12. What type of education does the author address in "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"
(a) Montessori.
(b) Charlotte Mason.
(c) Seton.
(d) Self-schooling.

13. The author says discoveries are made by men who can what?
(a) Listen.
(b) Study.
(c) Understand.
(d) Endure.

14. What is one measure of civilization?
(a) Its behavior toward families.
(b) Its fears.
(c) Its government.
(d) Its hopes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the effect Pound sees in usury?

2. What is compared to culture in the essay "Vortex?"

3. According to Pound, what century involves much cultural decline?

4. When the author presents examples in "Aeschylus and ...," what does he say he is doing?

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

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