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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What natural powers in man does Burke say relate to external objects?
(a) The senses, imagination, and judgment.
(b) The judgment, emotions, and the will.
(c) The imagination, passions, and the senses.
(d) The senses, passions, and the will.

2. What problem does Burke find with merely defining a term like "taste?"
(a) There is a danger of confining and limiting the term to our present understanding.
(b) People may disagree with and contest his definition.
(c) Taste is only an idea, not a reality, so it cannot be defined or described.
(d) The process of defining the term may go on forever, and become overwhelming.

3. Which two ideas does Burke often find confused with one another?
(a) Sublime and beauty.
(b) Liberty and patriotism.
(c) Fear and terror.
(d) Picturesque and picaresque.

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

5. What examples does Burke use to argue that some sights are pleasurable to all people?
(a) Objects he opines are among the ugliest animal species.
(b) Objects he says can only be found in country estates.
(c) Objects or ideas that he argues are morally repugnant.
(d) Objects he and others he knows think are beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why, according to Burke, do we delight in the tragedies of others?

2. What is the state between pleasure and pain, according to Burke?

3. Why does Burke offer a second edition of "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?

4. How do all emotions and passions affect the human mind?

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

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