Ezra Pound Quiz Questions and Answers

Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry. He became known for his role in developing Imagism, which, in reaction to the Victorian and Georgian poets, favored tight language, unadorned imagery, and a strong correspondence between the verbal and musical qualities of the verse and the mood it expressed. His best-known works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and his unfinished 120-section epic, The Cantos, which consumed his middle and late career, and was published between 1917 and 1969. Source: Wikipedia

Ezra Pound Quiz Questions

1. When was Ezra Pound born?
a) 8 March 1884
b) 12 May 1882
c) 23 August 1889
d) 30 October 1885

2. Where was Ezra Pound born?
a) Clinton
b) Hailey
c) Philadelphia
d) Wyncote

3. Which college did Ezra Pound attend?
a) Hamilton College
b) Merton College
c) Trinity College
d) Newman College

4. When did Ezra Pound publish A lume spento?
a) 1912
b) 1908
c) 1906
d) 1901

5. Which book of Ezra Pound was published in 1910?
a) Hugh Selwyn Mauberley
b) ABC of Economics
c) The Spirit of Romance
d) What Is Money For?

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6. Who as editor of New Age published Ezra Pound’s writings?
a) Clifford Douglas
b) Ernest Fenollosa
c) Antonio Vivaldi
d) Alfred Orage

7. Where did Ezra Pound move in 1924?
a) Berlin
b) London
c) Rapallo
d) Chicago

8. Where was Ezra Pound in 1946-1958?
a) Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital
b) Alcatraz Prison
c) Spandau Prison
d) Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital

9. When did Ezra Pound die?
a) 22 January 1979
b) 10 June 1978
c) 11 July 1973
d) 1 November 1972

10. Where did Ezra Pound die?
a) Crawfordsville
b) Gibraltar
c) Venice
d) New York