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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do smells and tastes become sublime most effectively?
(a) When combined with eating and drinking.
(b) When they occur when one is in a dreaming state.
(c) When mediated through art.
(d) When moderated through narrative and description.

2. Where, besides in humans, has Burke observed the effects of the passions mentioned in question 133?
(a) In dogs.
(b) In horses.
(c) In birds.
(d) In cats.

3. How does Burke define solitude?
(a) As a positive pain.
(b) As a pleasurable enjoyment.
(c) As a necessary evil.
(d) As a welcome release.

4. What example does Burke give for a sublime sound?
(a) Childish laughter.
(b) Lapping waves.
(c) Artillery booming.
(d) Running water.

5. What general quality does Burke assert about "taste?"
(a) It is the sole means of valuing an individual.
(b) It is natural and common to all people.
(c) It is the province of the refined upper-class.
(d) It is unnecessary for discussion about beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Burke personally observed about human beauty?

2. What kind of colors are unfit to produce what Burke terms "grand images?"

3. How does Burke define "association?"

4. How does beauty act upon the human mind?

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

(see the answer key)

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