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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 country's textbooks are addressed in "Textbooks?"
(a) France.
(b) Holland.
(c) Italy.
(d) Germany.

2. What do bilingual classics tests and microfiche editions of music help?
(a) The new learning.
(b) Expression of culture.
(c) Understanding of culture.
(d) Personal creativity.

3. Whose financial situation does the author discuss?
(a) Zenophanes.
(b) Anaimandros.
(c) Parminedes.
(d) Aristotle.

4. What philosopher is the subject of the first essay in Section I?
(a) Lao Tzu.
(b) Confucius.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Aristotle.

5. "Zweck or the Aim" argues that the point of writing is to what?
(a) Reveal the whole subject from a new angle.
(b) Share human experience.
(c) Tell the truth.
(d) Record a culture's history for future generations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What essay is noted by the author to be dry, but that something worthwhile can come from reading it?

2. What is the first essay in Section II?

3. What type of people are the subject of "Sophists?"

4. Whose thought in London does Pound praise?

5. The moderns have a vortex of will and ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the ideas of examination of conscience and the decline of culture fit together in Pound's "Tradition?"

2. How does Pound feel about "The New Learning?"

3. Explain the two sorts of ideas Pound identifies in "The New Learning."

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

5. What did H. L. Mencken write to Pound about usury? What was Pound's response?

6. Give an example of aesthetic criticism in "Guide to Kulchur".

7. What does Pound say about the Catholic encyclical Quadrigesimo Anno?

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

9. Why does Pound commend Aristotle in "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"

10. What does Pound say about old philosophy in comparison to men of his age in "Totalitarian?"

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