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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What requirement for confirmation in Christianity does Pound lament in the essay "Tradition?"
(a) Confession.
(b) A course of intense study.
(c) Examination of consciousness.
(d) Allegience to an outdated religious model.

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

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

4. What recent social encyclical comments on economic matters?
(a) Annus Horribilius.
(b) Quadrigesimo Anno.
(c) Anglicanorum Coetibus.
(d) Summorum Pontificum.

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

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

7. How many essays are in Part IV, Section VII?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

8. What is usury?
(a) Forcing the public to pay for war.
(b) Charging interest on a loan.
(c) Funding a war privately.
(d) Borrowing money.

9. Who does Pound say people should not consult with?
(a) Fussy men.
(b) Lazy men.
(c) Small men.
(d) Large, busy men.

10. The author argues that real knowledge does not jump from where to where?
(a) The mind to the pen.
(b) The pen to the stage.
(c) The mind to the page.
(d) The page to the mind.

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

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

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

14. Why is a new angle useful in writing?
(a) It brings newness to different readers.
(b) It dispells lies and rumors.
(c) It shares a new voice in the human experience.
(d) It keeps the historical timeline pure.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author walking through a range of different artists in "Guide?"

2. What types of artists are the subject of the author's observations in "Guide?"

3. What book does the author discuss in "Monumental?"

4. According to Pound, all men should be able to combine the practical and ______.

5. What does Pound discuss at the beginning of "Sparta 776 B.C.?"

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