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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 "suits monkeys?"
(a) Dictatorship.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Communism.

2. What is infamy and based on ignorance of the nature of money?
(a) The business model.
(b) The banking system.
(c) The loan system.
(d) The tax system.

3. In "Neo-Platonicks Etc.," Pound discusses philosophers that followed who?
(a) Plato.
(b) Hobbes.
(c) Neon Nickes.
(d) Confucious.

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

5. How does Pound describe most Protestant parsons?
(a) Cultured.
(b) Disillusioned.
(c) Uncivilized.
(d) Misguided.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What Italian intellectuals does Pound admire?

3. What habit does America have about history, according to Pound?

4. The first essay in Part IV, Section IX is "Education or ______."

5. Whose life does Pound believe was in line with the best modern views?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does "Kung" say about Confucius?

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

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

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

7. In what book of "And Therefore Tending" does Pound's view of Aristotle change? How does it change?

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

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

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

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