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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To which other passions is the idea of power closely related, according to Burke?
(a) Joy and delight.
(b) Love and desire.
(c) Fear and terror.
(d) Curiosity and novelty.

3. What will be Burke's focus in "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?
(a) The beautiful and sublime as they relate to contemporary politics.
(b) The full meanings and social impacts of the beautiful and sublime.
(c) The origins of our ideas of the beautiful and sublime.
(d) The beautiful and sublime as they appear in Milton's _Paradise Lost_.

4. What does Burke assert about sensory observation?
(a) That sensory observation is of little importance to his discussion.
(b) That sensory input varies widely between individuals.
(c) That all people sense things in pretty much the same way.
(d) That divergent sensory observations of the same object are natural.

5. What does Burke say is the primary passion ignited by the sublime?
(a) Astonishment.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Joy.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which passion belongs under the heading of "self-preservation?"

3. What does Burke warn his readers about in the Second Preface?

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

5. What does Burke hope will be the result of his "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?

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