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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Most of the focus in "Guide" is on intellectuals from what country?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) The United States.
(d) England.

6. The author ends "The History of Philosophy Is ...?" with the claim that discoveries are made by whom?
(a) Gluttons and addicts.
(b) The studious.
(c) The lucky.
(d) Uneducated and the unenlightened.

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

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

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

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

11. What kind of minds are of great value, especially in a rotted milieu?
(a) Greedy.
(b) Self-serving.
(c) Short-sighted.
(d) Disordered.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many essays are in Part IV, Section VII?

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

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

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

5. How many essays are contained in Section II?

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