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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Section III, Guide, Italy, Aeschylus and ..., Monumental, Section IV, The History of Philosophy is ...?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of "Guide to Kulchur"?
(a) T. S. Eliot.
(b) Ezra Pound.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) W. E. B. DuBois.

2. Most of the focus in "Guide" is on intellectuals from what country?
(a) Italy.
(b) The United States.
(c) France.
(d) England.

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) Science.
(c) Religion.
(d) Experience.

4. What is the second sort of idea addressed in "The New Learning Part One?"
(a) Ideas that do not actually exist.
(b) Ideas that exist and are discussed in a vacuum.
(c) Ideas that guide action and serve as rules of conduct.
(d) Ideas that are meant to lead culture to evolve.

5. Who was the grandfather of Descartes?
(a) Dante.
(b) Aquinas.
(c) Thomas More.
(d) Francis of Assisi.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Liebniz, professional philosophers are just ______ blokes, according to Pound.

2. What length best describes the essays in Section I?

3. What makes many great Greek tragedies boring, according to the author?

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

5. When the author presents examples in "Aeschylus and ...," what does he say he is doing?

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