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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. In "Neo-Platonicks Etc.," Pound discusses philosophers that followed who?
2. What essay is the the main title for the subtitle: "Is what you can pick up and/or get in touch with, by talk with the most intelligence men of the period?"
3. What does Pound say has become a nuisance in various European countries?
4. Whose culture is discussed in "The Promised Land?"
5. What did England's special darkness cause an interruption in?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Pound say matters most, according to "Decline of the Adamses"?
2. What did Mussolini say about poetry? What does Pound think of this?
3. What significance does Grant have in American history, according to Pound?
4. According to "Arabia Deserta". what significance does economics have in a culture?
5. What does Pound say about Plato in "To Recapitulate?"
6. What are the two mystical states explained by Pound? How do they affect philosophers?
7. What is the subtitle of "The Culture of an Age"? What does it reveal about Pound and the essay?
8. Why are the Victorians significant to Pound?
9. What does Pound say about Communism in "The Proof of the Pudding"?
10. What is the relationship between usury and the arts?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Identify, define, and explain the two mystical states Pound discusses in "Neo-Platonicks Etc."
Essay Topic 2
Explain the importance Pound places on reading and literature. How does he express his view that reading is imperative to understanding in "Guide to Kulchur"?
Essay Topic 3
Explain the Modernist movement. Explain how Pound's "Guide to Kulchur" fits into the Modernist movement.
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