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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into which two classes does Burke group the passions of society?
(a) General society and the society of the sexes.
(b) High- and low-society, based upon the class into which one is born.
(c) The liberal society and the conservative society.
(d) The societies of the educated and of the ignorant.

2. What, according to Burke, is the cause of wrong "taste" in a person?
(a) A failure of propriety.
(b) A defect of judgment.
(c) A failure of the imagination.
(d) An overabundance of passion.

3. According to Burke, why is procreation pleasurable?
(a) Because the rest of life is terrible, and there must be at least one pleasurable thing in life.
(b) To incite people to engage in it, since it is necessary to survival.
(c) To connect humans and animals in the realm of the senses.
(d) Because without some form of pleasure, society would devolve into warfare.

4. How do all emotions and passions affect the human mind?
(a) By forcing the mind to yield to the heart.
(b) With unpredictable, greatly varying effects.
(c) With scarring, searing effects.
(d) By natural, uniform, predictable principles.

5. Why are certain drugs enjoyable, according to Burke?
(a) Because the users only take them for their healthy properties.
(b) Because people become accustomed to their pleasurable effects.
(c) Because the users have no idea of the potential harm of the drug.
(d) Because people can get them for a low cost.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is this creative power of the mind incapable of producing?

2. Burke believes that "taste" arises from:

3. What large part of text has Burke added between the First and Second editions?

4. What examples does Burke use to argue that some sights are pleasurable to all people?

5. How does Burke define solitude?

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