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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Burke term the "creative power" of the mind?
(a) Judgment.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Will.
(d) Emotion.

3. What examples does Burke use to prove that human proportionality does not necessarily equal human beauty?
(a) Learning and habit.
(b) Trees and flowers.
(c) Lyric and rhyme.
(d) Painting and sculpture.

4. What, according to Burke, affects the passions and most incites admiration?
(a) That with which we are closely acquainted.
(b) That which can be explained in lay terms.
(c) That which is human made and manufactured.
(d) That which we know little or nothing about.

5. In which instance are feelings productive of the sublime?
(a) When the feelings are of love and desire.
(b) When the feelings are of confusion and depression.
(c) When the feelings are of delight and joy.
(d) When the feelings are of pain or anguish.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what is deformity opposed, according to Burke?

2. Why, according to Burke, is proportion not the cause of beauty in animals?

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

4. What has Burke personally observed about human beauty?

5. How does Burke define pain and pleasure?

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