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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Section VII, Maxims of Prudence, Human Wishes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is usury?
(a) Charging interest on a loan.
(b) Forcing the public to pay for war.
(c) Funding a war privately.
(d) Borrowing money.

2. "Great Bass: Part One" focuses on the ______ an ear can hear.
(a) Largest combination of frequencies.
(b) Lowest noises.
(c) Smallest vibrations.
(d) Highest noises.

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

4. According to Pound, all men should be able to combine the practical and ______.
(a) The physical.
(b) The psychological.
(c) The psychosomatic.
(d) The philosophical.

5. What was the focus of Rome, according to "Sparta 776 B.C.?"
(a) The military.
(b) The government.
(c) The social.
(d) The spiritual.

Short Answer Questions

1. What requirement for confirmation in Christianity does Pound lament in the essay "Tradition?"

2. What type of people are the subject of "Sophists?"

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

4. The moderns have a vortex of will and ______.

5. What author does Pound say is discussed enough, but not often read as a poet?

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