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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Civilization involves a sound balance of what?
(a) People.
(b) Values.
(c) Arts and science.
(d) Education.

2. What program of Pound's will bring ideas to everyone and all will know their positions?
(a) New religion.
(b) New learning.
(c) New philosophy.
(d) New culture.

3. Whose financial situation does the author discuss?
(a) Anaimandros.
(b) Parminedes.
(c) Zenophanes.
(d) Aristotle.

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

5. The moderns have a vortex of will and ______.
(a) Free thought.
(b) Spirituality.
(c) Education.
(d) Consciousness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes many great Greek tragedies boring, according to the author?

2. What kind of minds are of great value, especially in a rotted milieu?

3. In which direction was the culture of Christian medieval?

4. What types of artists are the subject of the author's observations in "Guide?"

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Catholic Church lose to Luther, according to Pound?

2. What does "Guide to Kulchur: Part One" say about things that cannot be understood? How does this apply to philosophy?

3. How do the ideas of examination of conscience and the decline of culture fit together in Pound's "Tradition?"

4. What does Pound say about old philosophy in comparison to men of his age in "Totalitarian?"

5. Explain the two sorts of ideas Pound identifies in "The New Learning."

6. What is Montessori education?

7. What is usury? How does Pound relate usury to rulers of people?

8. What does Pound seek in "Guide to Kulchur: Part Two"?

9. What does Pound say about Shakespeare's plays? About his poetry?

10. What does Pound say about the lowest noises that can be heard?

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