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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Section IX, Education or Information, Neo-Platonicks Etc., Losses, Odes: Risks, Great Bass: Part Two, Tone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author says discoveries are made by men who can what?
(a) Endure.
(b) Listen.
(c) Understand.
(d) Study.

2. The author ends "The History of Philosophy Is ...?" with the claim that discoveries are made by whom?
(a) Gluttons and addicts.
(b) The lucky.
(c) Uneducated and the unenlightened.
(d) The studious.

3. In "The History of Philosophy Is ...?" the author notes that many philosophers tried to understand the world totally apart from what?
(a) Observation.
(b) Experience.
(c) Science.
(d) Religion.

4. What requirement for confirmation in Christianity does Pound lament in the essay "Tradition?"
(a) Examination of consciousness.
(b) A course of intense study.
(c) Allegience to an outdated religious model.
(d) Confession.

5. What important structures are discussed in "Examples of Civilization?"
(a) Cultural.
(b) Political.
(c) Architectural.
(d) Religious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first essay in Section II?

2. Most of the focus in "Guide" is on intellectuals from what country?

3. How does real knowledge go into men, according to the author?

4. What author does the author deal with in "Monumental?"

5. What does Pound lament the decline of from the 19th century?

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