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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does real knowledge go into men, according to the author?
(a) All at once.
(b) In tidbits.
(c) From birth.
(d) Through experience.

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

6. In Part IV, Section VII, Pound discusses "The ______ of Human Wishes".
(a) Humility.
(b) Hope.
(c) Mercy.
(d) Vanity.

7. What was the focus of Rome, according to "Sparta 776 B.C.?"
(a) The spiritual.
(b) The social.
(c) The military.
(d) The government.

8. What essay is noted by the author to be dry, but that something worthwhile can come from reading it?
(a) "The New Learning Part One."
(b) "Sparta 776 B.C."
(c) "Totalitarian."
(d) "Digest of the Analects."

9. According to Pound, who was the last of the philosophers to really "get hold of something" and among the last to worry about reconciling churches?
(a) Descartes.
(b) Holmes.
(c) Liebniz.
(d) Aristotle.

10. How many pages is "Italy?"
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Seven.
(d) Three.

11. What is not yet rotted by "usury" or the practice of making money from money?
(a) The Vatican.
(b) America.
(c) Asia.
(d) Europe.

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

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

14. What philosopher is the subject of the first essay in Section I?
(a) Lao Tzu.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Confucius.
(d) Aristotle.

15. The first essay in Section I is called "______ of the Analects."
(a) Dialogue.
(b) Diatribe.
(c) Diary.
(d) Digest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where will newness NOT be missed?

2. Who does Pound say people should not consult with?

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

4. What author does the author deal with in "Monumental?"

5. What percentage of the time should one not respond to criticisms of one's artwork?

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