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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose financial situation does the author discuss?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Parminedes.
(c) Zenophanes.
(d) Anaimandros.

2. Who was the grandfather of Descartes?
(a) Dante.
(b) Thomas More.
(c) Francis of Assisi.
(d) Aquinas.

3. How many essays are contained in Section I?
(a) Five.
(b) Nine.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

4. The first essay in Section I is called "______ of the Analects."
(a) Dialogue.
(b) Diatribe.
(c) Diary.
(d) Digest.

5. "Savoir Faire" begins by asking what we mean to do when we ______.
(a) Act.
(b) Debate.
(c) Learn.
(d) Write.

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

7. What percentage of the time should one not respond to criticisms of one's artwork?
(a) 0.
(b) 100.
(c) 99.
(d) 10.

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

9. In "The History of Philosophy Is ...?" the author notes that many philosophers tried to understand the world totally apart from what?
(a) Religion.
(b) Science.
(c) Experience.
(d) Observation.

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

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

12. Civilization involves a sound balance of what?
(a) Values.
(b) People.
(c) Education.
(d) Arts and science.

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

14. What did the author experience after finishing the book addressed in "Monumental?"
(a) Anger.
(b) Joy.
(c) Catharsis.
(d) Sadness.

15. What country's textbooks are addressed in "Textbooks?"
(a) Holland.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose preface does Pound label as "urbane?"

2. How many essays are contained in Section II?

3. What is compared to culture in the essay "Vortex?"

4. What was the focus of Rome, according to "Sparta 776 B.C.?"

5. In "March 12th," who gives serious answers to serious questions?

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