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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following institutions does Pound say is seen in the world today?
(a) Aristocracy.
(b) Anarchy.
(c) Monarchy.
(d) Democracy.

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

5. How many pages of notes did Pound use in writing "And Therefore Tending?"
(a) 1.
(b) 40.
(c) 100.
(d) 10.

6. What area of writing is the focus of "The Promised Land?"
(a) English verse.
(b) Wilde's drama.
(c) Haiku.
(d) Shakespeare.

7. Pound asks the reader to hesitate in what?
(a) Ignoring him.
(b) Criticizing him.
(c) Re-reading him.
(d) Contacting him about the book.

8. How does Pound describe the title "Guide to Kulchur?"
(a) Allegorical.
(b) Intentional.
(c) Ridiculous.
(d) Symbolic.

9. Hebrews are primitive what?
(a) Democrats.
(b) Theocrats.
(c) "Lemmings."
(d) Aristocrats.

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

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

12. What philosopher is discussed in "To Recapitulate?"
(a) Descartes.
(b) Confucious.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Hobbes.

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

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

15. The first essay in Part IV, Section IX is "Education or ______."
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Information.
(c) Culture.
(d) Knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were people sent for systemized information in Pound's youth?

2. What is religious in "The Proof of the Pudding?"

3. What is said of the intellect of the man discussed in the epilogue?

4. Pound cites one author as arguing that "Nicomachean Ethics" is a mass of what?

5. What does Pound say "suits monkeys?"

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