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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. British observers have had a tone of disgust since when?

2. What progresses through reviving the old and messing it up?

3. How does Pound describe the title "Guide to Kulchur?"

4. The epilogue discusses a man with what occupation?

5. Philosophy leads to the two mystical states of the ecstatic and ______ others.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Pound say about Protestant parsons in "The Study of Physiognomy"?

5. Explain Pound's famous Cantos.

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

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

8. What makes "Tone" a universal essay?

9. What did Mussolini say about poetry? What does Pound think of this?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Pound's view of Aristotle. Why does he feel this way about him? Be specific.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Explain the Modernist movement. Explain how Pound's "Guide to Kulchur" fits into the Modernist movement.

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