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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Pound describes the "Tempio Malatestiano" as both an apex and a(n) ______.
(a) Stereotype.
(b) Failure.
(c) Travesty.
(d) Innovation.
2. What is the effect Pound sees in usury?
(a) Destroying personal lives.
(b) Destroying families.
(c) Destroying business.
(d) Destroying culture.
3. What does the author see as swiftness in a given field?
(a) Being compassionate.
(b) Being strong.
(c) Being a leader.
(d) Being genuine.
4. What is the second essay in Part IV, Section VII?
(a) "Ici, Je Teste."
(b) "Guide to Kulchur."
(c) "Human Wishes."
(d) "Maxims of Prudence."
5. What of Pound's is rebuked in "Human Wishes?"
(a) Letter to the Editor.
(b) Apology to T. S. Eliot.
(c) Defense of poetry.
(d) Slap-dash.
6. What composer does the author comment on in "Kulchur: Part Two?"
(a) Bach.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Vivaldi.
7. What type of people are the subject of "Sophists?"
(a) Philosophers.
(b) Psychologists.
(c) Physicians.
(d) Painters.
8. How many essays are contained in Section II?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.
9. What is the second sort of idea addressed in "The New Learning Part One?"
(a) Ideas that exist and are discussed in a vacuum.
(b) Ideas that guide action and serve as rules of conduct.
(c) Ideas that are meant to lead culture to evolve.
(d) Ideas that do not actually exist.
10. Whose introduction in London does Pound praise?
(a) George Gordon, Lord Byron's.
(b) Dr. Johnson's.
(c) Anne Sexton's.
(d) T. S. Eliot's.
11. After Liebniz, professional philosophers are just ______ blokes, according to Pound.
(a) Uneducated.
(b) Struggling.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Amateur.
12. According to Pound, what century involves much cultural decline?
(a) The 17th.
(b) The 18th.
(c) The 20th.
(d) The 19th.
13. Who was the grandfather of Descartes?
(a) Dante.
(b) Francis of Assisi.
(c) Aquinas.
(d) Thomas More.
14. "Italy" argues that a vast civilization is contained within a few hundred Italian what?
(a) Writers.
(b) Painters.
(c) Sculptors.
(d) Musicians.
15. What does Pound lament the decline of in "Zweck or the Aim?"
(a) Home education.
(b) Classical education.
(c) Liberal arts education.
(d) One-room schoolhouses.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does the author claim was a great man in "Values?"
2. What important structures are discussed in "Examples of Civilization?"
3. In which direction was the culture of Christian medieval?
4. What did the author experience after finishing the book addressed in "Monumental?"
5. According to Pound, all men should be able to combine the practical and ______.
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