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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What recognizable figure does Burke term a "forced analogy?"
(a) A painting of a mysterious, smiling woman.
(b) A sketch of a man outstretched within a circle.
(c) An ornate cathedral built in the Renaissance.
(d) A reproduction sculpture of a wounded gladiator.

2. What are sources of the "sublime?"
(a) Anything that promotes pleasure.
(b) Anything that excites terror, pain, or danger.
(c) Anything that causes the subject to think deeply.
(d) Anything of beauty.

3. What passion does Burke identify as most effectively robing the mind of reasoning?
(a) Disgust.
(b) Anger.
(c) Love.
(d) Fear.

4. How does Burke define "beauty?"
(a) As the ultimate object of human desires.
(b) As a worthless obsession of a vapid society.
(c) As those qualities which inspire love or a similar passion.
(d) As a necessary ingredient of the sublime.

5. Which of the following does Burke assert about beauty?
(a) That beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
(b) That it has nothing to do with proportion.
(c) That proportion is critical to it.
(d) That it combines with proportion to create the sublime.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why, according to Burke, is the idea of God sublime?

2. Why is imitation important, according to Burke?

3. How do use and habit affect pleasure?

4. What is Burke's argument for the existence of the passion of ambition?

5. What two main passions connect with this creative power of the mind?

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