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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. What kind of piece is "Guide to Kulchur?"

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

5. What happens to civilization when people prefer a small amount of great things to a large amount of average things?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the Victorians significant to Pound?

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

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

4. What does pastoral mean? How does Pound use it in "Epilogue?"

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

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

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

8. What does "Kung" say about Confucius?

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

10. What makes "Tone" a universal essay?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Explain the importance Pound places on reading and literature. How does he express his view that reading is imperative to understanding in "Guide to Kulchur"?

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