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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. Who does not measure up to Confucius, Homer, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance or even the present, according to "Pergamena Deest?"

2. What does Pound recommend in "Precedents?"

3. Pound wants people to know that Hadyn is similarly great to whom?

4. What did England's special darkness cause an interruption in?

5. How many essays does Pound suggest the reader actually read?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why are the Victorians significant to Pound?

4. What is the relationship between usury and the arts?

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

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

7. What significance does Grant have in American history, according to Pound?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast aristocracy and oligarchy. What are Pound's views on each? Which is a "better" form of government, according to Pound? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What is the message Pound conveys in "Guide to Kulchur"? Explain at least three ways he achieves this.

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