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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful" first published?
(a) 1801.
(b) 1794.
(c) 1773.
(d) 1757.

2. To what does Burke refer when he introduces physiognomy as part of beauty?
(a) The shape of the bust.
(b) The facial features.
(c) The elegance of one's steps.
(d) The height of the individual.

3. What quality of mind does Burke find in women that he thinks is analogous to fragility?
(a) Vapidity.
(b) Timidity.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Forthrightness.

4. What example does Burke use to demonstrate that differing tastes stem from the same basic root?
(a) The description of pretty ladies in a drawing room.
(b) Two different types of poetry.
(c) A comparison of two breeds of a horse.
(d) The comparison of two historical moments.

5. How do all emotions and passions affect the human mind?
(a) By natural, uniform, predictable principles.
(b) With unpredictable, greatly varying effects.
(c) By forcing the mind to yield to the heart.
(d) With scarring, searing effects.

Short Answer Questions

1. What large part of text has Burke added between the First and Second editions?

2. To what does Burke compare human listening methods?

3. How does Burke define sympathy?

4. What visual example does Burke FIRST offer in his explanation of succession and the sublime?

5. Burke writes that "Beauty in distress is the most _________ kind of beauty."

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