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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Sections I - VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Burke define pain and pleasure?
(a) They are each of a positive nature, not dependent upon each other.
(b) They are figments of human imagination that help us explain our world.
(c) They are the only essential qualities about which people are concerned.
(d) They are necessary to each other and cannot be separated.

2. Why, according to Burke, do we delight in the tragedies of others?
(a) All humans have a sadistic streak.
(b) There is little else in the world in which to delight.
(c) We are happy we are not the victims.
(d) This is a function of sympathy instilled in us by our Creator.

3. What example does Burke offer to show his ideas on the effects of tragedy?
(a) The shocking regicide of the monarch.
(b) A mother and father losing their infant to an early death.
(c) London being destroyed by an earthquake.
(d) A mass-murderer terrorizing the city.

4. Where, besides in humans, has Burke observed the effects of the passions mentioned in question 133?
(a) In dogs.
(b) In cats.
(c) In birds.
(d) In horses.

5. Burke opines that buildings that are great only in dimension are:
(a) Only deceptively large.
(b) Paragons of human imagination.
(c) Too simple and common to be sublime.
(d) The epitome of sublimity in architecture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the effect of opiates or liquors, according to Burke?

2. Why does Burke use the example of Campanella?

3. How does Burke define "association?"

4. To which scientific finding does Burke compare his study of the beautiful and sublime?

5. How do sublime buildings look, according to Burke?

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