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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. Pound describes the "Tempio Malatestiano" as both an apex and a(n) ______.
(a) Failure.
(b) Stereotype.
(c) Travesty.
(d) Innovation.

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

3. According to Pound, all men should be able to combine the practical and ______.
(a) The philosophical.
(b) The psychosomatic.
(c) The physical.
(d) The psychological.

4. Which sort of ideas are the men of today almost exclusively concerned with, according to Pound?
(a) Ideas that guide action and serve as rules of conduct.
(b) Ideas that guide action and serve as rules of conduct.
(c) Ideas that do not actually exist.
(d) Ideas that are meant to lead culture to evolve.

5. The moderns have a vortex of will and ______.
(a) Free thought.
(b) Education.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Consciousness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose preface does Pound label as "urbane?"

2. What qualifies Pound to give the advice he does in "Maxims of Prudence?"

3. What makes many great Greek tragedies boring, according to the author?

4. What program of Pound's will bring ideas to everyone and all will know their positions?

5. What is the second essay in Part IV, Section VII?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Pound seek in "Guide to Kulchur: Part Two"?

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

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

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

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

9. What explanation does Pound give for translated Greek tragedies being boring?

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

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