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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Pound, what nation is not civilized?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Russia.
(d) America.

3. Who is commended in "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Plato.

4. In "Kulchur: Part Two," the author denies that knowledge is what?
(a) Valuable.
(b) Culture.
(c) Key.
(d) Wisdom.

5. How many essays are contained in Section II?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

6. What recent social encyclical comments on economic matters?
(a) Annus Horribilius.
(b) Quadrigesimo Anno.
(c) Anglicanorum Coetibus.
(d) Summorum Pontificum.

7. What is the second essay in Part IV, Section VII?
(a) "Ici, Je Teste."
(b) "Human Wishes."
(c) "Maxims of Prudence."
(d) "Guide to Kulchur."

8. Who does Pound say was wise to oppose usury?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Washington.
(c) Jefferson.
(d) Adams.

9. In what year does the author claim that a bloke with small means could still see the best of Europe?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1938.

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

11. 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 do not actually exist.
(c) Ideas that exist and are discussed in a vacuum.
(d) Ideas that guide action and serve as rules of conduct.

12. Where does Pound reveal he worked in "The New Learning: Part Two?"
(a) The Library of Congress.
(b) The Louvre.
(c) The Vatican Library.
(d) The Smithsonian.

13. Who does Pound say people should not consult with?
(a) Fussy men.
(b) Lazy men.
(c) Large, busy men.
(d) Small men.

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

15. Whose ideas must the Catholic Church take seriously in order revive?
(a) Plato.
(b) Luther.
(c) Liebniz.
(d) Pope John Paul II.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is compared to culture in the essay "Vortex?"

2. How many pages is "Italy?"

3. According to the author, what survives because it is rooted in the idea of human universality?

4. What qualifies Pound to give the advice he does in "Maxims of Prudence?"

5. What does Pound lament the decline of in "Zweck or the Aim?"

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