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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the effect Pound sees in usury?
(a) Destroying culture.
(b) Destroying business.
(c) Destroying families.
(d) Destroying personal lives.

2. The first essay in Section I is called "______ of the Analects."
(a) Diatribe.
(b) Dialogue.
(c) Diary.
(d) Digest.

3. In Part IV, Section VII, Pound discusses "The ______ of Human Wishes".
(a) Mercy.
(b) Humility.
(c) Vanity.
(d) Hope.

4. How many pages is "Monumental?"
(a) One.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

5. Most of the focus in "Guide" is on intellectuals from what country?
(a) England.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) The United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which sort of ideas are the men of today almost exclusively concerned with, according to Pound?

2. Why is a new angle useful in writing?

3. What is usury?

4. What type of education does the author address in "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"

5. In "The History of Philosophy Is ...?" the author notes that many philosophers tried to understand the world totally apart from what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pound describe the Greeks and Christians in "Sparta 776 B.C.?"

2. What does Pound say about answering critics?

3. What is Montessori education?

4. What does "Maxims of Prudence" say about collaborating with men?

5. What elements are included in poetry, according to "March 12th"?

6. What does Pound say about code-worship in "Books 'About'"?

7. Why does Pound say Jefferson was wise in "Human Wishes?"

8. Why does Pound say he created "Digest of the Analects?"

9. What is usury? How does Pound relate usury to rulers of people?

10. Explain the essay "Values."

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