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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. What organization does Pound criticize in "Government?"

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

3. What philosopher is discussed in "To Recapitulate?"

4. Hebrews are primitive what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Pound say about Protestant parsons in "The Study of Physiognomy"?

4. Why are the Victorians significant to Pound?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pound discusses philosophy and philosophers frequently in "Guide to Kulchur". Explain how he feels about philosophy, as well as identifying the philosopher he admires the most.

Essay Topic 3

Explain imagery and ideoplasty, and how Pound links them in his essay "March 12th."

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