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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V, Section X, Government, The Recurring Decimal, Decline of the Adamses, Royalty and All That.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose poetry does Pound want people to appreciate?
(a) Samuel Johnson.
(b) George Gordon, Lord Byron.
(c) William Blake.
(d) T. S. Eliot.

2. What does Pound say "suits monkeys?"
(a) Democracy.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Dictatorship.
(d) Communism.

3. What is the first essay in Section II?
(a) "Tradition."
(b) "Vortex."
(c) "Ici Je Teste."
(d) "Great Bass."

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the important modes of thought discussed in "Ici Je Teste?"
(a) Relation.
(b) Contemplation.
(c) Meditation.
(d) Cogitation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose financial situation does the author discuss?

2. Who is commended in "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"

3. How long is "Maxims of Prudence?"

4. What are men drunk with in philosophy?

5. The author ends "The History of Philosophy Is ...?" with the claim that discoveries are made by whom?

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