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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. The man discussed in the epilogue is described as the last ______ mind.
(a) Psychological.
(b) Philosophical.
(c) Pastoral.
(d) Pathological.

2. What does Pound lament the decline of from the 19th century?
(a) Sociology.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Biology.
(d) Philosophy.

3. What does Pound believe is NOT a cold subject?
(a) Biology.
(b) Business.
(c) Economics.
(d) History.

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

5. What is based on ignoble elements?
(a) Culture.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Government.
(d) Art.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is is a mere bureaucracy full of hypocrites?

2. Pound cites one author as arguing that "Nicomachean Ethics" is a mass of what?

3. With what discussion does Pound open "The Recurring Decimal?"

4. Where were people sent for systemized information in Pound's youth?

5. Who does Pound want to write for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the two mystical states explained by Pound? How do they affect philosophers?

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

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

4. How does Pound feel about "Guide to Kulchur"? How do you know?

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

6. Why are the Victorians significant to Pound?

7. What makes "Tone" a universal essay?

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

9. What losses does the essay "Losses" refer to?

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

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