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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Pound describes the "Tempio Malatestiano" as both an apex and a(n) ______.
(a) Travesty.
(b) Failure.
(c) Innovation.
(d) Stereotype.

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

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

10. "Zweck or the Aim" argues that the point of writing is to what?
(a) Tell the truth.
(b) Share human experience.
(c) Record a culture's history for future generations.
(d) Reveal the whole subject from a new angle.

11. What does Pound discuss at the beginning of "Sparta 776 B.C.?"
(a) War in the ancient period.
(b) Philosophy in the ancient period.
(c) Government in the ancient period.
(d) Money in the ancient period.

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

13. In which direction was the culture of Christian medieval?
(a) Circular.
(b) Inward.
(c) Vertical.
(d) Outward.

14. 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) Liebniz.
(b) Holmes.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Descartes.

15. What is the second sort of idea addressed in "The New Learning Part One?"
(a) Ideas that guide action and serve as rules of conduct.
(b) Ideas that do not actually exist.
(c) Ideas that are meant to lead culture to evolve.
(d) Ideas that exist and are discussed in a vacuum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author experience after finishing the book addressed in "Monumental?"

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

3. In whose work does the idea of the vortex lie?

4. What did the moderns conquer?

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

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