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

2. What is compared to culture in the essay "Vortex?"
(a) Music.
(b) Literature.
(c) Sculpture.
(d) Theatre.

3. What was the focus of Rome, according to "Sparta 776 B.C.?"
(a) The spiritual.
(b) The social.
(c) The military.
(d) The government.

4. What is more important than knowledge?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Culture.
(c) Experience.
(d) Nothing.

5. What does Pound lament the decline of in "Zweck or the Aim?"
(a) Classical education.
(b) Liberal arts education.
(c) Home education.
(d) One-room schoolhouses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What requirement for confirmation in Christianity does Pound lament in the essay "Tradition?"

2. What of Pound's is rebuked in "Human Wishes?"

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

4. Why is a new angle useful in writing?

5. Whose new "London" does Pound discuss?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the essay "Guide?"

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

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

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

5. How does Pound's view of Dr. Johnson's 'London' and T. S. Eliot's preface in it change after he breaks from them to discuss various writings?

6. What does Pound say about Shakespeare's plays? About his poetry?

7. What does "Guide to Kulchur: Part One" say about things that cannot be understood? How does this apply to philosophy?

8. What does Pound say about knowledge and culture in "Guide to Kulchur: Part Two"?

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

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

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