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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pound wants people to know that Hadyn is similarly great to whom?
(a) Bach.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Vivaldi.
(d) Beethoven.

2. How does the reader know which essays should be read?
(a) Pound lists them.
(b) The ones to be read are marked with an asterisk in the Table of Contents.
(c) They should all be read.
(d) Only one should be read.

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

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

5. Why would Pound not give the first book of the "Nicomachean Ethics" to a young man?
(a) It is meant to be read last.
(b) It is poorly written.
(c) It is incomplete.
(d) It confuses.

6. Whose "Nicomachean Ethics" does Pound analyze?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Confucious.
(d) Plato.

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

8. What is based on ignoble elements?
(a) Culture.
(b) Art.
(c) Government.
(d) Philosophy.

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

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

11. 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?"
(a) "Time Lag."
(b) "The Novel and So Forth."
(c) "Precedents."
(d) "The Culture of an Age."

12. What does Pound say has become a nuisance in various European countries?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Paganism.
(c) Public education.
(d) Amateur philosophy.

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

14. What does Pound lament the decline of from the 19th century?
(a) Biology.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Sociology.
(d) Psychology.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Pound asks the reader to hesitate in what?

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

3. The enemies of mankind are those who ossify what?

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

5. What kind of piece is "Guide to Kulchur?"

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