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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The enemies of mankind are those who ossify what?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Economics.
(c) Thought.
(d) History.

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

3. Who does Pound briefly attack in "Royalty and All That?"
(a) Stalin.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Lenin.
(d) Marx.

4. What roots were the Church fathers lifted from?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) Aramaic.
(c) Persian.
(d) Greek.

5. The epilogue discusses a man by what name?
(a) Richardson.
(b) Reid.
(c) Rivera.
(d) Ricards.

6. "Arabia Deserta" begins with discussions of old writings that identify high and low what?
(a) Royalty.
(b) Cultures.
(c) Points in history.
(d) Philosophies.

7. Who does Pound believe is superior to Aristotle?
(a) Kung.
(b) Confucious.
(c) Plato.
(d) Eliot.

8. What is infamy and based on ignorance of the nature of money?
(a) The tax system.
(b) The business model.
(c) The loan system.
(d) The banking system.

9. Who have asked for almost no freedoms save to commit acts contrary to the general good?
(a) Anarchists.
(b) Conservatives.
(c) Fascists.
(d) Liberals.

10. How does Pound describe "And Therefore Tending?"
(a) An ode.
(b) A mission statement.
(c) A brochure.
(d) An educational essay.

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

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

13. Where does sovereignty rest, according to Pound?
(a) Culture.
(b) Money.
(c) Blood.
(d) Military might.

14. What are men drunk with in philosophy?
(a) God.
(b) Thought.
(c) Themselves.
(d) Philosophy.

15. The man discussed in the epilogue is described as the last ______ mind.
(a) Psychological.
(b) Pastoral.
(c) Philosophical.
(d) Pathological.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pages of notes did Pound use in writing "And Therefore Tending?"

2. What is based on ignoble elements?

3. How many essays does Pound suggest the reader actually read?

4. What essay is the the main title for the subtitle: "Is what you can pick up and/or get in touch with, by talk with the most intelligence men of the period?"

5. Which of the following institutions does Pound say is seen in the world today?

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