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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. "Italy" argues that a vast civilization is contained within a few hundred Italian what?
(a) Musicians.
(b) Writers.
(c) Sculptors.
(d) Painters.

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

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

4. The first essay in Section I is called "______ of the Analects."
(a) Digest.
(b) Diary.
(c) Diatribe.
(d) Dialogue.

5. Whose introduction in London does Pound praise?
(a) George Gordon, Lord Byron's.
(b) T. S. Eliot's.
(c) Dr. Johnson's.
(d) Anne Sexton's.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part IV, Section VII, Pound discusses "The ______ of Human Wishes".

2. What author does Pound say is discussed enough, but not often read as a poet?

3. The moderns have a vortex of will and ______.

4. How many pages is "Monumental?"

5. What do bilingual classics tests and microfiche editions of music help?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Pound commend Aristotle in "The History of Philosophy Is ...?"

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

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

5. How does Pound describe the Greeks and Christians in "Sparta 776 B.C.?"

6. What does "Vortex" say about sculpture?

7. What explanation does Pound give for translated Greek tragedies being boring?

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

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

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

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