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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction On Taste Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Burke hope will be the result of his "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?
(a) Readers will apply principles of taste and passion to the otherwise severe sciences.
(b) Readers will leave the sciences behind in favor of imagination and passion.
(c) Readers will be well-versed in the scientific method.
(d) Readers will learn to control their passions when in specific social settings.

2. What, according to Burke, is responsible for common deviations in natural taste?
(a) Humankind's natural curiosity.
(b) Custom and habit.
(c) Confusion of the mind.
(d) A willingness to deceive others.

3. What does Burke note about youth, as related to taste?
(a) That youth is the province of true wisdom.
(b) That although judgments may not be sound, taste is excellent.
(c) That sensory pleasure is great while judgment is inaccurate.
(d) That innocence does not equal ignorance.

4. Why are certain drugs enjoyable, according to Burke?
(a) Because the users have no idea of the potential harm of the drug.
(b) Because people become accustomed to their pleasurable effects.
(c) Because people can get them for a low cost.
(d) Because the users only take them for their healthy properties.

5. To what effect does Burke use the example of the Turkish emperor?
(a) To demonstrate the barbarity of the Turks.
(b) To illustrate the difference between taste and knowledge.
(c) To prove the existence of innate knowledge.
(d) To question the validity of theories on sculpture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Burke assert is necessary for the success of "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?

2. What general quality does Burke assert about "taste?"

3. What is Burke's general plan of action for this book?

4. What is this creative power of the mind incapable of producing?

5. What problem does Burke see with the contemporary notion of "taste?"

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