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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. The epilogue discusses a man by what name?

2. What is is a mere bureaucracy full of hypocrites?

3. Where does sovereignty rest, according to Pound?

4. What does Pound say "suits monkeys?"

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Pound say about culture in "On Arriving and Not Arriving"?

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

7. What does Pound say about Plato in "To Recapitulate?"

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

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

10. Explain Pound's famous Cantos.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Explain Pound's view on usury, using specific examples from his essays to support your claims.

Essay Topic 3

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

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