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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Whose life does Pound believe was in line with the best modern views?
(a) Confucious.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Eliot.
(d) Tennyson.
2. What is is a mere bureaucracy full of hypocrites?
(a) The English Church.
(b) The Church of Rome.
(c) The Lutheran Church.
(d) The Baptist Church.
3. Whose autobiography has a lag between his death in 1861 and its publication in 1920?
(a) Hamilton.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) Van Buren.
4. How does Pound feel about the philosopher discussed in "To Recapitulate?"
(a) He believes he does not measure up to other philosophers.
(b) He thinks highly of him.
(c) He believes he should be removed from the canon.
(d) He has not read him.
5. What does Pound say has become a nuisance in various European countries?
(a) Amateur philosophy.
(b) Public education.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Paganism.
6. What happens to civilization when people prefer a small amount of great things to a large amount of average things?
(a) It becomes cultured.
(b) It becomes powerful.
(c) It becomes respectable.
(d) It becomes influential.
7. How many essays does Pound suggest the reader actually read?
(a) Most.
(b) All.
(c) One.
(d) A few.
8. Who does Pound believe is superior to Aristotle?
(a) Eliot.
(b) Plato.
(c) Confucious.
(d) Kung.
9. What opposes the arts, melody, and design?
(a) The Victorian Age.
(b) Fascism.
(c) Usury.
(d) The Industrial Age.
10. The epilogue discusses a man by what name?
(a) Rivera.
(b) Richardson.
(c) Ricards.
(d) Reid.
11. According to Pound, everyone is bothered by bad what?
(a) Experiences.
(b) Friends.
(c) Vibes.
(d) Tones.
12. Who have asked for almost no freedoms save to commit acts contrary to the general good?
(a) Conservatives.
(b) Anarchists.
(c) Liberals.
(d) Fascists.
13. The first essay in Part IV, Section IX is "Education or ______."
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Information.
(c) Culture.
(d) Knowledge.
14. What does Pound believe is NOT a cold subject?
(a) Economics.
(b) Biology.
(c) History.
(d) Business.
15. What does Pound say "suits monkeys?"
(a) Socialism.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Dictatorship.
(d) Communism.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Pound recommend in "Precedents?"
2. How does the reader know which essays should be read?
3. England after what suffered from a special darkness?
4. What does Pound say American can learn from?
5. In "Neo-Platonicks Etc.," Pound discusses philosophers that followed who?
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