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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To which human faculty does "taste" belong?
(a) To the will.
(b) To the imagination.
(c) To the soul.
(d) To the passions.

3. Burke writes that "Beauty in distress is the most _________ kind of beauty."
(a) Confusing.
(b) Pleasurable.
(c) Disgusting.
(d) Affecting.

4. What two main passions connect with this creative power of the mind?
(a) Pain and pleasure.
(b) Lust and desire.
(c) Love and hate.
(d) Curiosity and understanding.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How should the eye move, in order to qualify as beautiful, according to Burke?

2. What examples does Burke use to illustrate authority vs. affection?

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

4. What is the main manifestation of infinity Burke mentions?

5. How does Burke define "magnificence?"

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