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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How long is "Maxims of Prudence?"
(a) Ten pages.
(b) One page.
(c) Three pages.
(d) Five pages.

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

5. What types of artists are the subject of the author's observations in "Guide?"
(a) Installation artists.
(b) Painters.
(c) Sculptors.
(d) Performance artists.

6. What length best describes the essays in Section I?
(a) Short.
(b) Long.
(c) Book-length.
(d) Medium.

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

8. What program of Pound's will bring ideas to everyone and all will know their positions?
(a) New philosophy.
(b) New culture.
(c) New religion.
(d) New learning.

9. What qualifies Pound to give the advice he does in "Maxims of Prudence?"
(a) His religion.
(b) His education.
(c) His age.
(d) HIs political affiliation.

10. Who is commended in "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"
(a) Plato.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Descartes.

11. Which sort of ideas are the men of today almost exclusively concerned with, according to Pound?
(a) Ideas that are meant to lead culture to evolve.
(b) Ideas that guide action and serve as rules of conduct.
(c) Ideas that do not actually exist.
(d) Ideas that guide action and serve as rules of conduct.

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

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

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

15. Whose ideas must the Catholic Church take seriously in order revive?
(a) Luther.
(b) Pope John Paul II.
(c) Plato.
(d) Liebniz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of education does the author address in "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"

2. According to Pound, what nation is not civilized?

3. What philosopher is the subject of the first essay in Section I?

4. Civilization involves a sound balance of what?

5. What requirement for confirmation in Christianity does Pound lament in the essay "Tradition?"

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