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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose merits does Pound expound on in "Study of Physiognomy?"
(a) Chaucer.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Ovid.

2. "Praise Song of the Buck-Hare" presents a poem written in what year?
(a) 1792.
(b) 1866.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1920.

3. British observers have had a tone of disgust since when?
(a) The Revolutionary War.
(b) Henry VIII.
(c) Queen Victoria.
(d) Queen Anne.

4. According to Pound, everyone is bothered by bad what?
(a) Experiences.
(b) Friends.
(c) Vibes.
(d) Tones.

5. In "Neo-Platonicks Etc.," Pound discusses philosophers that followed who?
(a) Plato.
(b) Confucious.
(c) Neon Nickes.
(d) Hobbes.

6. Pound rejects the view that who should not study moral philosophy?
(a) Pagans.
(b) The young.
(c) Christians.
(d) College students.

7. Since when has American been imbecilic, according to Pound?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1900.

8. With what discussion does Pound open "The Recurring Decimal?"
(a) Economics.
(b) Haiku.
(c) Odes.
(d) Mathematics.

9. How does Pound describe most Protestant parsons?
(a) Misguided.
(b) Uncivilized.
(c) Disillusioned.
(d) Cultured.

10. What is said of the intellect of the man discussed in the epilogue?
(a) Genius.
(b) Above-average.
(c) Mediocre.
(d) Average.

11. What is religious in "The Proof of the Pudding?"
(a) Music.
(b) Literature.
(c) Art.
(d) Culture.

12. Where were people sent for systemized information in Pound's youth?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) America.
(d) Germany.

13. Philosophy leads to the two mystical states of the ecstatic and ______ others.
(a) Goodwill towards.
(b) Oblivion about.
(c) Connection with.
(d) Sense about.

14. What is the longest essay of the book?
(a) "And Therefore Tending."
(b) "Pergamena Deest."
(c) "Study of Physiognomy."
(d) "Watch the Beaners."

15. Pound cites one author as arguing that "Nicomachean Ethics" is a mass of what?
(a) Idiocy.
(b) Notes.
(c) Idioms.
(d) Nonsense.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pound lament the decline of from the 19th century?

2. What universities does Pound discuss in the first essay in Part IV, Section IX?

3. How does Pound describe the title "Guide to Kulchur?"

4. Who have asked for almost no freedoms save to commit acts contrary to the general good?

5. Why would Pound not give the first book of the "Nicomachean Ethics" to a young man?

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