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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does not measure up to Confucius, Homer, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance or even the present, according to "Pergamena Deest?"
(a) Aristotle.
(b) William Blake.
(c) Thomas Hobbes.
(d) Dr. Johnson.

3. What progresses through reviving the old and messing it up?
(a) Music.
(b) Art.
(c) Fashion.
(d) Literature.

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

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

6. What does Pound recommend in "Precedents?"
(a) Important philosophers.
(b) Important writers.
(c) Important artists.
(d) Important composers.

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

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

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

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

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

12. Whose autobiography has a lag between his death in 1861 and its publication in 1920?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Van Buren.
(d) Hamilton.

13. Where did Pound waste time studying?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Madrid.
(d) New York.

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

15. What Italian intellectuals does Pound admire?
(a) Fascist.
(b) Communist.
(c) Anarchist.
(d) Democratic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose poetry does Pound want people to appreciate?

2. British observers have had a tone of disgust since when?

3. How does Pound describe most Protestant parsons?

4. What does Pound say has become a nuisance in various European countries?

5. Pound wants people to know that Hadyn is similarly great to whom?

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