Guide to Kulchur Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Guide to Kulchur Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When the author presents examples in "Aeschylus and ...," what does he say he is doing?
(a) "Show, don't tell."
(b) Aesthetic criticism.
(c) Practical application.
(d) Life experience demonstrations (LEDs).

3. What does the author say about borrowing money?
(a) It will not happen ten years from now.
(b) It is a bad idea.
(c) It is commonplace.
(d) It is a necessary evil.

4. "Italy" argues that a vast civilization is contained within a few hundred Italian what?
(a) Sculptors.
(b) Painters.
(c) Musicians.
(d) Writers.

5. What book does the author discuss in "Monumental?"
(a) "Ulysses."
(b) "The Waste Land."
(c) "The Metamorphosis."
(d) "Cantos."

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

7. Where will newness NOT be missed?
(a) Daily newspapers.
(b) Public education.
(c) Family oral traditions.
(d) Colleges.

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

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

10. According to Pound, what nation is not civilized?
(a) England.
(b) America.
(c) Russia.
(d) France.

11. Who is the author walking through a range of different artists in "Guide?"
(a) Sociologists.
(b) Historians.
(c) The uneducated.
(d) The products of American artists.

12. "Europe or The Setting" opens with a discussion of European what?
(a) Composers.
(b) Writings.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Paintings.

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

14. What is compared to culture in the essay "Vortex?"
(a) Music.
(b) Sculpture.
(c) Theatre.
(d) Literature.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which direction was the culture of Christian medieval?

2. After Liebniz, professional philosophers are just ______ blokes, according to Pound.

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

4. Most of the focus in "Guide" is on intellectuals from what country?

5. What is not yet rotted by "usury" or the practice of making money from money?

(see the answer keys)

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