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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 does Pound say has become a nuisance in various European countries?
(a) Paganism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Public education.
(d) Amateur philosophy.

2. How many pages of notes did Pound use in writing "And Therefore Tending?"
(a) 40.
(b) 1.
(c) 100.
(d) 10.

3. Who have asked for almost no freedoms save to commit acts contrary to the general good?
(a) Liberals.
(b) Anarchists.
(c) Fascists.
(d) Conservatives.

4. Who does Pound want to write for?
(a) Educators.
(b) The average man.
(c) The cultured.
(d) The future leaders.

5. Who does Pound briefly attack in "Royalty and All That?"
(a) Marx.
(b) Lenin.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Stalin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pound believe is superior to Aristotle?

2. What is based on ignoble elements?

3. Whose merits does Pound expound on in "Study of Physiognomy?"

4. What does Pound say American can learn from?

5. The epilogue discusses a man by what name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Pound say matters most, according to "Decline of the Adamses"?

3. What does Pound argue about liberalism in "Decline of the Adamses"?

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

5. What makes "Tone" a universal essay?

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

7. What is the relationship between usury and the arts?

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

9. What three institutions are seen in the world, according to "Recapitulate"?

10. Why are the Victorians significant to Pound?

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