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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. Whose poetry does Pound want people to appreciate?
(a) George Gordon, Lord Byron.
(b) William Blake.
(c) Samuel Johnson.
(d) T. S. Eliot.

2. What does Pound say American can learn from?
(a) Native American culture.
(b) Chinese history.
(c) European education models.
(d) The Constitution.

3. What opposes the arts, melody, and design?
(a) The Victorian Age.
(b) Usury.
(c) The Industrial Age.
(d) Fascism.

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

5. According to Pound, everyone is bothered by bad what?
(a) Experiences.
(b) Friends.
(c) Tones.
(d) Vibes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did England's special darkness cause an interruption in?

2. How does Pound describe most Protestant parsons?

3. What is based on ignoble elements?

4. How does Pound describe "And Therefore Tending?"

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why are the Victorians significant to Pound?

9. What makes "Tone" a universal essay?

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

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