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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. Why would Pound not give the first book of the "Nicomachean Ethics" to a young man?
(a) It is poorly written.
(b) It confuses.
(c) It is incomplete.
(d) It is meant to be read last.

2. How does the reader know which essays should be read?
(a) Only one should be read.
(b) The ones to be read are marked with an asterisk in the Table of Contents.
(c) Pound lists them.
(d) They should all be read.

3. What is the problem in Italy, according to Pound?
(a) Usury.
(b) Too much power.
(c) Lack of power.
(d) Religion.

4. The enemies of mankind are those who ossify what?
(a) Thought.
(b) History.
(c) Economics.
(d) Philosophy.

5. What organization does Pound criticize in "Government?"
(a) League of Nations.
(b) Peace Corps.
(c) United Nations.
(d) Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Neo-Platonicks Etc.," Pound discusses philosophers that followed who?

2. According to Pound, everyone is bothered by bad what?

3. With what discussion does Pound open "The Recurring Decimal?"

4. What philosopher is discussed in "To Recapitulate?"

5. Pound cites one author as arguing that "Nicomachean Ethics" is a mass of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pound argue about liberalism in "Decline of the Adamses"?

2. In what book of "And Therefore Tending" does Pound's view of Aristotle change? How does it change?

3. Explain Pound's famous Cantos.

4. Why are the Victorians significant to Pound?

5. What three institutions are seen in the world, according to "Recapitulate"?

6. What does Pound say matters most, according to "Decline of the Adamses"?

7. What does pastoral mean? How does Pound use it in "Epilogue?"

8. What does Pound say about Communism in "The Proof of the Pudding"?

9. Why is "And Therefore Tending" such a long essay? What is its purpose?

10. What significance does Grant have in American history, according to Pound?

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