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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the initial focus of "Ici Je Teste?"

2. What does the author say about borrowing money?

3. What kind of minds are of great value, especially in a rotted milieu?

4. What essay is noted by the author to be dry, but that something worthwhile can come from reading it?

5. What program of Pound's will bring ideas to everyone and all will know their positions?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Pound say about old philosophy in comparison to men of his age in "Totalitarian?"

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

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

7. Why does Pound say he created "Digest of the Analects?"

8. What is Montessori education?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Pound's view of Aristotle. Why does he feel this way about him? Be specific.

Essay Topic 2

Explain imagery and ideoplasty, and how Pound links them in his essay "March 12th."

Essay Topic 3

What are the three social diseases, according to Pound? Explain why and how they are social diseases, including a definition of what a social disease is.

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