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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which example does Burke use to support his argument regarding the nature of darkness?
(a) A dim, murky forest fraught with danger.
(b) A blind boy who regains his sight.
(c) A person who grew afraid of his own shadow.
(d) A solar eclipse that frightened townsfolk.

2. What type of poetry operates by imitation?
(a) Lyric poetry.
(b) Elegiac poetry.
(c) Dramatic poetry.
(d) Epic poetry.

3. How does Burke describe "delightful horror?"
(a) As an "impossible state of mind."
(b) As a "positively painful process."
(c) As the "most contradictory emotion."
(d) As "tranquility tinged with terror."

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

5. How do use and habit affect pleasure?
(a) They renew it by constant exposure.
(b) They control it and guide its force.
(c) They enhance it by care and practice.
(d) They deaden it through repetition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are sources of the "sublime?"

2. How does Burke define sympathy?

3. What emotion has the physical effects of a reclined head, half-closed eyelids, and sighing breath, according to Burke?

4. To what does Burke tie his own opinion of darkness and the sublime?

5. To which human faculty does Burke opine proportion belongs?

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