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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Section VI, Savoir Faire, The New Learning: Part Two, Examples of Civilization, Books.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who must cut corners, according to "Kulchur: Part One?"
(a) Educators.
(b) Governmental rulers.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Military rulers.

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

3. Why is a new angle useful in writing?
(a) It brings newness to different readers.
(b) It shares a new voice in the human experience.
(c) It dispells lies and rumors.
(d) It keeps the historical timeline pure.

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

5. Civilization involves a sound balance of what?
(a) Education.
(b) Values.
(c) Arts and science.
(d) People.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of the time should one not respond to criticisms of one's artwork?

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

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

4. What is one measure of civilization?

5. "Italy" argues that a vast civilization is contained within a few hundred Italian what?

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