Guide to Kulchur Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What political work is included in Pound's list of books that must be read? (from Addenda: 1952, As Sextant, Introductory Textbook)

"Mein Kampf."

The Communist Manifesto.

The American Constitution.

The Declaration of Independence.

2.

How does Pound describe the title "Guide to Kulchur?" (from Part IV, Section VIII, Guide to Kulchur, The Proof of the Pudding, Canti, The Novel and So Forth, Precedents, On Arriving and Not Arriving, Praise Song of the Buck-Hare, Time-Lag, The Culture of an Age)

Ridiculous.

Intentional.

Allegorical.

Symbolic.

3.

What happens to civilization when people prefer a small amount of great things to a large amount of average things? (from Part V, Section X, Government, The Recurring Decimal, Decline of the Adamses, Royalty and All That)

It becomes respectable.

It becomes influential.

It becomes powerful.

It becomes cultured.

4.

Whose financial situation does the author discuss? (from Part III, Section V, Values, Europe or the Setting, Sophists, Kulchur: Part One, Kulchur Part Two, March 12th, Textbooks)

Anaimandros.

Parminedes.

Zenophanes.

Aristotle.

5.

What habit does America have about history, according to Pound? (from Part V, Section XI, Arabia Deserta, Kung, Chaucer Was Framed?, Happy Days, The Promised Land)

Ignoring it.

Rewriting it.

Arguing it.

Slanting it.

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