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

2. The author argues that real knowledge does not jump from where to where?
(a) The page to the mind.
(b) The mind to the page.
(c) The mind to the pen.
(d) The pen to the stage.

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

4. According to Pound, who was the last of the philosophers to really "get hold of something" and among the last to worry about reconciling churches?
(a) Liebniz.
(b) Holmes.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Descartes.

5. Who is the author of "Guide to Kulchur"?
(a) Ezra Pound.
(b) W. E. B. DuBois.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) T. S. Eliot.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pages is "Monumental?"

2. Who is the author walking through a range of different artists in "Guide?"

3. Whose financial situation does the author discuss?

4. What science is addressed in "Kulchur: Part One?"

5. What book does the author discuss in "Monumental?"

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pound feel about "The New Learning?"

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

3. What does Pound say about knowledge and culture in "Guide to Kulchur: Part Two"?

4. Why does Pound say Jefferson was wise in "Human Wishes?"

5. Where did Pound work that contributed to his view of clerics? What is his view of clerics?

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

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

8. What does Pound say about code-worship in "Books 'About'"?

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

10. What does "Vortex" say about sculpture?

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