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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. Who does the author claim was a great man in "Values?"
(a) Mussolini.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Lenin.
(d) Castro.
2. What of Pound's is rebuked in "Human Wishes?"
(a) Slap-dash.
(b) Apology to T. S. Eliot.
(c) Letter to the Editor.
(d) Defense of poetry.
3. What is one measure of civilization?
(a) Its fears.
(b) Its government.
(c) Its hopes.
(d) Its behavior toward families.
4. Whose introduction in London does Pound praise?
(a) T. S. Eliot's.
(b) Anne Sexton's.
(c) George Gordon, Lord Byron's.
(d) Dr. Johnson's.
5. What philosopher is the subject of the first essay in Section I?
(a) Descartes.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Lao Tzu.
(d) Confucius.
Short Answer Questions
1. Whose preface does Pound label as "urbane?"
2. "Savoir Faire" begins by asking what we mean to do when we ______.
3. What aspect of Greek epics have been given insufficient attention, according to Pound?
4. The moderns have a vortex of will and ______.
5. What is not yet rotted by "usury" or the practice of making money from money?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Pound say about professional philosophers before and after Liebniz?
2. Why does Pound commend Aristotle in "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"
3. How do the ideas of examination of conscience and the decline of culture fit together in Pound's "Tradition?"
4. What does Pound say about Shakespeare's plays? About his poetry?
5. According to Pound, why do people write?
6. What does Pound say about answering critics?
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 old philosophy in comparison to men of his age in "Totalitarian?"
9. Why does Pound say he created "Digest of the Analects?"
10. What does Pound say about the lowest noises that can be heard?
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