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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 enemies of mankind are those who ossify what?

2. Whose poetry does Pound want people to appreciate?

3. Who have asked for almost no freedoms save to commit acts contrary to the general good?

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

5. What is the problem in Italy, according to Pound?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does "Kung" say about Confucius?

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

4. What makes "Tone" a universal essay?

5. How does Pound feel about "Guide to Kulchur"? How do you know?

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

7. What is the subtitle of "The Culture of an Age"? What does it reveal about Pound and the essay?

8. What are the two mystical states explained by Pound? How do they affect philosophers?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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