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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. In which instance are feelings productive of the sublime?
(a) When the feelings are of pain or anguish.
(b) When the feelings are of delight and joy.
(c) When the feelings are of love and desire.
(d) When the feelings are of confusion and depression.

2. What kind of colors are unfit to produce what Burke terms "grand images?"
(a) Earth tones.
(b) Bold colors.
(c) Cheerful colors.
(d) Jewel tones.

3. Which of the following passions show the same effects as pain?
(a) Depression and grief.
(b) Joy and delight.
(c) Lust and desire.
(d) Fear and terror.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Burke define pain and pleasure?

2. What example does Burke use to show that pain can be a source of pleasure?

3. Why does Burke use the example of Campanella?

4. What example does Burke give for a sublime sound?

5. How does Burke define "grief?"

(see the answer key)

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