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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year was "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful" first published?
(a) 1773.
(b) 1757.
(c) 1794.
(d) 1801.

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

4. What example does Burke offer to show his ideas on the effects of tragedy?
(a) London being destroyed by an earthquake.
(b) A mother and father losing their infant to an early death.
(c) The shocking regicide of the monarch.
(d) A mass-murderer terrorizing the city.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Burke, what will the result be of the long, close study of an object?

2. How does Burke define sympathy?

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

4. What does Burke term the "creative power" of the mind?

5. Which medium does Burke feel arouses the passions most effectively?

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