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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. How many essays are contained in Section II?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

2. Who must cut corners, according to "Kulchur: Part One?"
(a) Philosophers.
(b) Governmental rulers.
(c) Military rulers.
(d) Educators.

3. What is the second sort of idea addressed in "The New Learning Part One?"
(a) Ideas that are meant to lead culture to evolve.
(b) Ideas that do not actually exist.
(c) Ideas that exist and are discussed in a vacuum.
(d) Ideas that guide action and serve as rules of conduct.

4. Who does Pound say was wise to oppose usury?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Washington.
(c) Jefferson.
(d) Adams.

5. What type of education does the author address in "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"
(a) Charlotte Mason.
(b) Seton.
(c) Montessori.
(d) Self-schooling.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Aeschylus and ..." the author discusses the triumph of ______ over ______ in culture.

2. What important structures are discussed in "Examples of Civilization?"

3. According to Pound, what nation is not civilized?

4. "Zweck or the Aim" argues that the point of writing is to what?

5. What does the author see as swiftness in a given field?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Pound say about answering critics?

3. Where did Pound work that contributed to his view of clerics? What is his view of clerics?

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

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

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

7. What does Pound say about philosophers in the opening of "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"

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

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

10. What does "Vortex" say about sculpture?

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