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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. In whose work does the idea of the vortex lie?
(a) Gaudier-Brzeska.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Plato.
(d) Leibniz.

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

3. What program of Pound's will bring ideas to everyone and all will know their positions?
(a) New culture.
(b) New philosophy.
(c) New learning.
(d) New religion.

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

5. According to Pound, what century involves much cultural decline?
(a) The 18th.
(b) The 20th.
(c) The 19th.
(d) The 17th.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which direction was the culture of Christian medieval?

2. Who is commended in "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"

3. "Great Bass: Part One" focuses on the ______ an ear can hear.

4. Why is a new angle useful in writing?

5. What kind of minds are of great value, especially in a rotted milieu?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Pound say about professional philosophers before and after Liebniz?

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

9. What is Montessori education?

10. Why did the Catholic Church lose to Luther, according to Pound?

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