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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. Which example does Burke use in his discussion in Section VIII about infinity?
(a) The ocean.
(b) Cropland.
(c) The military.
(d) Madmen.

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

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

4. What two aspects comprise Burke's "artificial infinity?"
(a) Curiosity and desire.
(b) Succession and uniformity.
(c) Strength and power.
(d) Terror and greatness.

5. Why, as Burke argues, are humans "more inclined to belief than to incredulity?"
(a) Because believing makes it easier to get along with others in the social-contract model of society.
(b) Because believing something is easy, whereas not believing is more difficult.
(c) Because God is born in all of us, so we have a natural inclination to believe in him.
(d) Because belief engages the imagination pleasantly, while incredulity is naturally negative.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Burke note about youth, as related to taste?

4. How does Burke define solitude?

5. What problem does Burke find with merely defining a term like "taste?"

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