Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Canto XLV? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. What Latin phrase does Pound use to say that usura is unnatural?
ANTI NATUR
CONTRA NATURAM
ANTECEDENT
APOTHEOSIS
Q. Which Flemish painter does Pound mention toward the end of the poem?
Picasso
Münch
Rembrandt
Memling
Q. Name the painting(s) that wouldn't get painted with usura?
Gonzaga, His Heirs and His Concubines
La Giaconda
La Calunnia
Gonzaga, His Heirs and His Concubines and La Calunnia
Q. Pound conveys how much of a sin usura is by saying that it kills
The child in the womb
The desire to live
Helpless peasants
Our friends and families
Q. When Pound says that usura is a "murrain," he means that it's
A deadly substance
A brick wall
A muddy field
A plague on humanity