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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. The epilogue discusses a man from what city?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Paris.
(c) New York.
(d) London.

2. The man discussed in the epilogue is described as the last ______ mind.
(a) Psychological.
(b) Pathological.
(c) Philosophical.
(d) Pastoral.

3. What area of writing is the focus of "The Promised Land?"
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) English verse.
(c) Wilde's drama.
(d) Haiku.

4. What is religious in "The Proof of the Pudding?"
(a) Art.
(b) Music.
(c) Culture.
(d) Literature.

5. Where did Pound waste time studying?
(a) Madrid.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pound say "suits monkeys?"

2. What author is addressed at the beginning of "Study of Physiognomy?"

3. "Arabia Deserta" begins with discussions of old writings that identify high and low what?

4. Hebrews are primitive what?

5. Which of the following institutions does Pound say is seen in the world today?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes "Tone" a universal essay?

2. What does Pound say about Protestant parsons in "The Study of Physiognomy"?

3. What losses does the essay "Losses" refer to?

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

5. What did Mussolini say about poetry? What does Pound think of this?

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

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

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

9. What is the subtitle of "The Culture of an Age"? What does it reveal about Pound and the essay?

10. Explain Pound's famous Cantos.

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