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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. "Zweck or the Aim" argues that the point of writing is to what?
(a) Tell the truth.
(b) Record a culture's history for future generations.
(c) Share human experience.
(d) Reveal the whole subject from a new angle.

2. Who is the author walking through a range of different artists in "Guide?"
(a) The products of American artists.
(b) The uneducated.
(c) Sociologists.
(d) Historians.

3. Ancient Chinese sculpture had a vortex of intense ______.
(a) Maturity.
(b) Spirituality.
(c) Balance.
(d) Peace.

4. Which sort of ideas are the men of today almost exclusively concerned with, according to Pound?
(a) Ideas that do not actually exist.
(b) Ideas that guide action and serve as rules of conduct.
(c) Ideas that are meant to lead culture to evolve.
(d) Ideas that guide action and serve as rules of conduct.

5. How does real knowledge go into men, according to the author?
(a) Through experience.
(b) In tidbits.
(c) From birth.
(d) All at once.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Pound, what nation is not civilized?

2. What is the first essay in Section II?

3. What does Pound discuss at the beginning of "Sparta 776 B.C.?"

4. "Great Bass: Part One" focuses on the ______ an ear can hear.

5. How many pages is "Italy?"

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