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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction On Taste Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What natural powers in man does Burke say relate to external objects?
(a) The senses, passions, and the will.
(b) The imagination, passions, and the senses.
(c) The judgment, emotions, and the will.
(d) The senses, imagination, and judgment.

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

3. What, according to Burke, is responsible for common deviations in natural taste?
(a) A willingness to deceive others.
(b) Confusion of the mind.
(c) Custom and habit.
(d) Humankind's natural curiosity.

4. What does Burke note about youth, as related to taste?
(a) That sensory pleasure is great while judgment is inaccurate.
(b) That youth is the province of true wisdom.
(c) That although judgments may not be sound, taste is excellent.
(d) That innocence does not equal ignorance.

5. Why does Burke offer a second edition of "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?
(a) He wishes to directly challenge the criticism of the first edition.
(b) He realizes that he could make more money selling a second edition.
(c) He wishes to expand and further illustrate his theories.
(d) He wishes to change and contradict his own views.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two main passions connect with this creative power of the mind?

2. What general quality does Burke assert about "taste?"

3. What is the same in all humans, according to Burke?

4. What problem does Burke see with the contemporary notion of "taste?"

5. Burke believes that "taste" arises from:

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