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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. How does real knowledge go into men, according to the author?
(a) All at once.
(b) Through experience.
(c) In tidbits.
(d) From birth.

2. What type of people are the subject of "Sophists?"
(a) Psychologists.
(b) Physicians.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Painters.

3. "Europe or The Setting" opens with a discussion of European what?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Composers.
(d) Writings.

4. What book does the author discuss in "Monumental?"
(a) "Cantos."
(b) "The Metamorphosis."
(c) "Ulysses."
(d) "The Waste Land."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the important modes of thought discussed in "Ici Je Teste?"

2. Who does the author claim was a great man in "Values?"

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

4. Civilization involves a sound balance of what?

5. What philosopher is the subject of the first essay in Section I?

Short Essay Questions

1. What elements are included in poetry, according to "March 12th"?

2. What is Montessori education?

3. Give an example of aesthetic criticism in "Guide to Kulchur".

4. What does "Maxims of Prudence" say about collaborating with men?

5. What does Pound say about professional philosophers before and after Liebniz?

6. What does Pound say about the Catholic encyclical Quadrigesimo Anno?

7. What does Pound say about philosophers in the opening of "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"

8. What did H. L. Mencken write to Pound about usury? What was Pound's response?

9. Explain the essay "Values."

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

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