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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Burke refer when he introduces physiognomy as part of beauty?
(a) The facial features.
(b) The elegance of one's steps.
(c) The shape of the bust.
(d) The height of the individual.

2. What is the main manifestation of infinity Burke mentions?
(a) A seemingly endless journey.
(b) A frequently repeated idea or motion.
(c) A recurring dream or nightmare.
(d) A quiet walk in a grove of trees.

3. What does Burke mean by the word "Taste?"
(a) The notions of personal style that refined, elegant people display when in public.
(b) The sense of distinction that the higher social classes have above the lower social classes.
(c) The sense of taste located on the tongue, which distinguish sweet, salty, bitter, and sour flavors.
(d) Those faculties of the mind which form judgments upon the work of the imagination and the elegant arts.

4. Which two effects are often combined and alternated under the passions mentioned in question 7?
(a) Loathing and lust.
(b) Strength and weakness.
(c) Desire and frigidity.
(d) Contentment and consternation.

5. What problem does Burke see with the contemporary notion of "taste?"
(a) Everyone pays too much attention to taste and not enough attention to reason.
(b) It's principles have not been made uniform.
(c) Nobody Burke knows seems to have taste.
(d) The concept of taste is misunderstood and badly defined.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the general reason Burke wrote the book, as stated in the First Preface?

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

3. How does Burke define the beautiful in feeling?

4. How does Burke define "grief?"

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

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