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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why, according to Burke, do we delight in the tragedies of others?
(a) All humans have a sadistic streak.
(b) There is little else in the world in which to delight.
(c) This is a function of sympathy instilled in us by our Creator.
(d) We are happy we are not the victims.

2. How does Burke describe "delightful horror?"
(a) As the "most contradictory emotion."
(b) As an "impossible state of mind."
(c) As "tranquility tinged with terror."
(d) As a "positively painful process."

3. What has Burke personally observed about human beauty?
(a) That both beautiful and ugly people might be considered proportionate.
(b) That only a minority of people are not beautiful.
(c) That proportionality does indeed coincide with beauty.
(d) That beauty is only skin-deep.

4. How do smells and tastes become sublime most effectively?
(a) When combined with eating and drinking.
(b) When mediated through art.
(c) When they occur when one is in a dreaming state.
(d) When moderated through narrative and description.

5. How do use and habit affect pleasure?
(a) They enhance it by care and practice.
(b) They control it and guide its force.
(c) They renew it by constant exposure.
(d) They deaden it through repetition.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What, according to Burke, must be utilized regularly lest it/they fall into disrepair?

3. What does Burke assert is present in every religion, to some degree?

4. Which is one of the examples Burke cites to demonstrate the sublime in poetry?

5. What is the state between pleasure and pain, according to Burke?

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