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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What program of Pound's will bring ideas to everyone and all will know their positions?

2. What does the author say about borrowing money?

3. Where does Pound reveal he worked in "The New Learning: Part Two?"

4. Who is the author walking through a range of different artists in "Guide?"

5. What did the moderns conquer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did H. L. Mencken write to Pound about usury? What was Pound's response?

2. Why does Pound commend Aristotle in "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"

3. What elements are included in poetry, according to "March 12th"?

4. What does Pound say about answering critics?

5. What does Pound say about code-worship in "Books 'About'"?

6. Why does Pound say he created "Digest of the Analects?"

7. How does Pound feel about "The New Learning?"

8. How do the ideas of examination of conscience and the decline of culture fit together in Pound's "Tradition?"

9. According to Pound, why do people write?

10. What does "Vortex" say about sculpture?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify and explain each of Pound's three important modes of thought.

Essay Topic 2

Identify, define, and explain the two mystical states Pound discusses in "Neo-Platonicks Etc."

Essay Topic 3

What is an ode? Explain Pound's discussion of odes, particularly as they relate to culture and civilization.

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