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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What examples does Burke use to prove that people agree upon sensory observations?
(a) Sudden, loud sounds as opposed to quiet, soft sounds.
(b) Feelings of sharp or soft.
(c) The pleasantness or unpleasantness of certain thoughts.
(d) The tastes of sweet, bitter, and sour.

2. Why is imitation important, according to Burke?
(a) It allows us to learn in school.
(b) It is how we try to get closer to God.
(c) It forms our manners and opinions.
(d) It facilitates comedy in the theater.

3. Why is grief a part of pleasure, according to Burke?
(a) Because grief reminds the individual that life continues.
(b) Because grief always gives way to laughter.
(c) Because people actively and willfully grieve.
(d) Because all endings are beginnings.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Burke define solitude?

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

3. What will be Burke's focus in "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?

4. What problem does Burke find with merely defining a term like "taste?"

5. Which method of teaching does Burke think best?

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