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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. In "Neo-Platonicks Etc.," Pound discusses philosophers that followed who?

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

3. What is said of the intellect of the man discussed in the epilogue?

4. Whose life does Pound believe was in line with the best modern views?

5. Where does sovereignty rest, according to Pound?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does "Odes: Risks" explain about Confucian teaching?

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

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

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

6. What makes "Tone" a universal essay?

7. Explain Pound's famous Cantos.

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

9. Why are the Victorians significant to Pound?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What is Pound's view of religion? How did he come to that view?

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