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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 more important than knowledge?
(a) Experience.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Culture.
2. What requirement for confirmation in Christianity does Pound lament in the essay "Tradition?"
(a) Examination of consciousness.
(b) Allegience to an outdated religious model.
(c) A course of intense study.
(d) Confession.
3. According to Pound, what century involves much cultural decline?
(a) The 18th.
(b) The 20th.
(c) The 17th.
(d) The 19th.
4. What is the first essay in Section II?
(a) "Vortex."
(b) "Ici Je Teste."
(c) "Tradition."
(d) "Great Bass."
5. The author ends "The History of Philosophy Is ...?" with the claim that discoveries are made by whom?
(a) Uneducated and the unenlightened.
(b) The lucky.
(c) Gluttons and addicts.
(d) The studious.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "March 12th," who gives serious answers to serious questions?
2. What important structures are discussed in "Examples of Civilization?"
3. What does Pound lament the decline of in "Zweck or the Aim?"
4. How many pages is "Monumental?"
5. What length best describes the essays in Section I?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where did Pound work that contributed to his view of clerics? What is his view of clerics?
2. What does Pound say about old philosophy in comparison to men of his age in "Totalitarian?"
3. How does Pound feel about "The New Learning?"
4. What does "Guide to Kulchur: Part One" say about things that cannot be understood? How does this apply to philosophy?
5. Why does Pound commend Aristotle in "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"
6. What is usury? How does Pound relate usury to rulers of people?
7. 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?
8. What elements are included in poetry, according to "March 12th"?
9. Why does Pound say Jefferson was wise in "Human Wishes?"
10. What does Pound say about professional philosophers before and after Liebniz?
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