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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. Philosophy leads to the two mystical states of the ecstatic and ______ others.
(a) Connection with.
(b) Oblivion about.
(c) Sense about.
(d) Goodwill towards.

2. How does Pound describe the title "Guide to Kulchur?"
(a) Intentional.
(b) Symbolic.
(c) Ridiculous.
(d) Allegorical.

3. British observers have had a tone of disgust since when?
(a) The Revolutionary War.
(b) Queen Victoria.
(c) Queen Anne.
(d) Henry VIII.

4. What roots were the Church fathers lifted from?
(a) Greek.
(b) Aramaic.
(c) Persian.
(d) Hebrew.

5. What is said of the intellect of the man discussed in the epilogue?
(a) Mediocre.
(b) Genius.
(c) Above-average.
(d) Average.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose poetry does Pound want people to appreciate?

2. How does Pound feel about the philosopher discussed in "To Recapitulate?"

3. "Praise Song of the Buck-Hare" presents a poem written in what year?

4. Pound rejects the view that who should not study moral philosophy?

5. What essay is the the main title for the subtitle: "Is what you can pick up and/or get in touch with, by talk with the most intelligence men of the period?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes "Tone" a universal essay?

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

3. What does "Kung" say about Confucius?

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

5. According to "Arabia Deserta". what significance does economics have in a culture?

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

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

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

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

10. Explain Pound's famous Cantos.

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