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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. Whose merits does Pound expound on in "Study of Physiognomy?"

2. What is based on ignoble elements?

3. The epilogue discusses a man by what name?

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

5. England after what suffered from a special darkness?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does "Kung" say about Confucius?

4. What does "Odes: Risks" explain about Confucian teaching?

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

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

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

8. Explain Pound's famous Cantos.

9. According to "Arabia Deserta". what significance does economics have in a culture?

10. Why are the Victorians significant to Pound?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the Modernist movement. Explain how Pound's "Guide to Kulchur" fits into the Modernist movement.

Essay Topic 2

Identify and explain each of Pound's three important modes of thought.

Essay Topic 3

What is the message Pound conveys in "Guide to Kulchur"? Explain at least three ways he achieves this.

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