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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 the problem in Italy, according to Pound?
(a) Usury.
(b) Religion.
(c) Lack of power.
(d) Too much power.

2. What does Pound recommend in "Precedents?"
(a) Important philosophers.
(b) Important artists.
(c) Important composers.
(d) Important writers.

3. Whose culture is discussed in "The Promised Land?"
(a) Catholic.
(b) Hebrew.
(c) Victorian.
(d) Protestant.

4. Since when has American been imbecilic, according to Pound?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1900.

5. What is is a mere bureaucracy full of hypocrites?
(a) The Baptist Church.
(b) The English Church.
(c) The Lutheran Church.
(d) The Church of Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What philosopher is discussed in "To Recapitulate?"

2. England after what suffered from a special darkness?

3. The man discussed in the epilogue is described as the last ______ mind.

4. British observers have had a tone of disgust since when?

5. Philosophy leads to the two mystical states of the ecstatic and ______ others.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Pound's analysis of Aristotle in "Watch the Beaneries?"

2. What is the subtitle of "The Culture of an Age"? What does it reveal about Pound and the essay?

3. Why is "And Therefore Tending" such a long essay? What is its purpose?

4. What does Pound say about Plato in "To Recapitulate?"

5. What significance does Grant have in American history, according to Pound?

6. What does pastoral mean? How does Pound use it in "Epilogue?"

7. What did Mussolini say about poetry? What does Pound think of this?

8. What does Pound say about Communism in "The Proof of the Pudding"?

9. What does "Odes: Risks" explain about Confucian teaching?

10. What does Pound say about culture in "On Arriving and Not Arriving"?

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