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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. How many essays are contained in Section I?

2. "Europe or The Setting" opens with a discussion of European what?

3. What was the focus of Rome, according to "Sparta 776 B.C.?"

4. What qualifies Pound to give the advice he does in "Maxims of Prudence?"

5. What is usury?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the essay "Guide?"

2. How does Pound describe the Greeks and Christians in "Sparta 776 B.C.?"

3. Explain the essay "Values."

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

5. Why does Pound say Jefferson was wise in "Human Wishes?"

6. What does Pound say about professional philosophers before and after Liebniz?

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

8. Why did the Catholic Church lose to Luther, according to Pound?

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

10. What explanation does Pound give for translated Greek tragedies being boring?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain imagery and ideoplasty, and how Pound links them in his essay "March 12th."

Essay Topic 2

Explain the Victorian Age. How does Pound feel about Victorians? Be specific.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Communism and Fascism. Which does Pound support? Why?

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