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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pound reveal he worked in "The New Learning: Part Two?"
(a) The Vatican Library.
(b) The Library of Congress.
(c) The Smithsonian.
(d) The Louvre.

2. Who was the grandfather of Descartes?
(a) Aquinas.
(b) Dante.
(c) Thomas More.
(d) Francis of Assisi.

3. Whose new "London" does Pound discuss?
(a) T. S. Eliot's.
(b) Alfred, Lord Tennyson's.
(c) Dr. Spock's.
(d) Dr. Johnson's.

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

5. Whose thought in London does Pound praise?
(a) Dr. Johnson's.
(b) George Gordon, Lord Byron's.
(c) T. S. Eliot's.
(d) Anne Sexton's.

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

7. Whose preface does Pound label as "urbane?"
(a) Franz Kafka's.
(b) Dr. Johnson's.
(c) T. S. Eliot's.
(d) Sir Walter Raleigh's.

8. According to Pound, all men should be able to combine the practical and ______.
(a) The psychosomatic.
(b) The philosophical.
(c) The psychological.
(d) The physical.

9. What of Pound's is rebuked in "Human Wishes?"
(a) Defense of poetry.
(b) Slap-dash.
(c) Apology to T. S. Eliot.
(d) Letter to the Editor.

10. In "Aeschylus and ..." the author discusses the triumph of ______ over ______ in culture.
(a) History; spirituality.
(b) Meaning; detail.
(c) Spirituality; history.
(d) Detail; meaning.

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

12. What aspect of Greek epics have been given insufficient attention, according to Pound?
(a) Their settings.
(b) Their authors.
(c) Their lessons.
(d) Their characters.

13. "Savoir Faire" begins by asking what we mean to do when we ______.
(a) Act.
(b) Write.
(c) Debate.
(d) Learn.

14. "Great Bass: Part One" focuses on the ______ an ear can hear.
(a) Largest combination of frequencies.
(b) Highest noises.
(c) Lowest noises.
(d) Smallest vibrations.

15. What percentage of the time should one not respond to criticisms of one's artwork?
(a) 99.
(b) 0.
(c) 100.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author ends "The History of Philosophy Is ...?" with the claim that discoveries are made by whom?

2. The moderns have a vortex of will and ______.

3. Who must cut corners, according to "Kulchur: Part One?"

4. Ancient Chinese sculpture had a vortex of intense ______.

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

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