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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI, Section XII, Study of Physiognomy, And Therefore Tending, Pergamena Deest, Watch the Beaners.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pound reveal he worked in "The New Learning: Part Two?"
(a) The Library of Congress.
(b) The Louvre.
(c) The Smithsonian.
(d) The Vatican Library.

2. Why would Pound not give the first book of the "Nicomachean Ethics" to a young man?
(a) It confuses.
(b) It is incomplete.
(c) It is poorly written.
(d) It is meant to be read last.

3. What composer does the author comment on in "Kulchur: Part Two?"
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Bach.
(c) Vivaldi.
(d) Mozart.

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

5. What of Pound's is rebuked in "Human Wishes?"
(a) Apology to T. S. Eliot.
(b) Slap-dash.
(c) Defense of poetry.
(d) Letter to the Editor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Kulchur: Part Two," the author denies that knowledge is what?

2. Who is the author walking through a range of different artists in "Guide?"

3. What universities does Pound discuss in the first essay in Part IV, Section IX?

4. Whose "Nicomachean Ethics" does Pound analyze?

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

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