A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful Test | Final Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which kinds of words do not produce mental images, according to Burke?
(a) Foreign words.
(b) Simple abstract words.
(c) Compounded abstract words.
(d) Aggregate words.

2. Why does Burke include a section on the effect of words in "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?
(a) He desires to refute all the claims of visual artists in order to place written art on a pedestal.
(b) He believes that words affect us differently than images or objects, and wants to discuss them.
(c) He includes this section as a way to generate interest in his own poetical publications.
(d) He indicates that not enough literary criticism is worthwhile, and wishes to demonstrate quality writing.

3. What caveat does Burke offer to his readers about "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?
(a) He is writing for political reasons geared to sway minds.
(b) He bears no resemblance to any kind of contemporary scientific method.
(c) He chooses to omit most of what he truly thinks and feels regarding the sublime and beautiful.
(d) He can only study the immediately sensible qualities of the sublime and the beautiful.

4. What is the sole difference Burke identifies between the passions mentioned in question 7?
(a) One is recognizable in men only, and the other is recognizable in women.
(b) One is a manifestation of the public sphere, but the other is solely a private passion.
(c) One works on the mind through the body, and the other works on the body through the mind.
(d) One is a relic of the past, whereas the other is present in Burke's time.

5. What, according to Burke, is the state of a man whose teeth are set and whose forehead is wrinkled?
(a) Terrible wrath.
(b) Utter delight.
(c) Great pain.
(d) Complete confusion.

6. What does Burke expressly wish to discuss in this part of "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?
(a) The different cultural concepts of the beautiful in countries other than England.
(b) The usefulness of the sublime in formulating theories of art.
(c) The various manifestations of the sublime and the beautiful in early-modern England.
(d) The connections between the thoughts in the mind and emotions produced in the body.

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

8. How does the view of the object in question 8 become sublime by affecting the mind?
(a) By presenting the viewer with a skewed image of reality.
(b) By increasing the intensity of the image through succession.
(c) By overwhelming the judgment and the imagination.
(d) By gradually diminishing in intensity until it is almost not visible.

9. What examples does Burke use to illustrate authority vs. affection?
(a) Dogs and cats.
(b) Statesmen and artists.
(c) Fathers and mothers.
(d) The rich and the poor.

10. How does Burke define "beauty?"
(a) As the ultimate object of human desires.
(b) As those qualities which inspire love or a similar passion.
(c) As a worthless obsession of a vapid society.
(d) As a necessary ingredient of the sublime.

11. According to Burke, what is the mechanical reason darkness is terrible?
(a) The skin becomes less sensitive and reduces feeling.
(b) The body's processes slow down.
(c) The brain's ability to think is much reduced.
(d) The eye's compensation for darkness causes pain.

12. How should the eye move, in order to qualify as beautiful, according to Burke?
(a) Slowly and languidly.
(b) Rapidly and avidly.
(c) Upward and to the right.
(d) Suddenly and jerkily.

13. How does this body part produce the sense of the sublime, according to Burke?
(a) By contracting and relaxing due to electrical stimuli.
(b) By becoming full and corpulent with the immensity of the sublime.
(c) By stretching to its fullest extent in response to fear.
(d) By vibrating more or less depending on the sublimity of the object.

14. How does Burke define "association?"
(a) As a specific group of businessmen.
(b) As a somewhat friendly acquaintance.
(c) As a set of memories worn into the mind.
(d) As a group of words that defines another group of words.

15. What is Locke's general theory of language, as related by Burke?
(a) Locke illustrates the superficiality of language, arguing that it is a specious method of communication.
(b) Locke opines that language stems from the animalistic desire of our brains to overcome adversity.
(c) Locke argues that children are taught words before they are taught the actual meaning of words, which can confuse them.
(d) Locke describes language as a cohesive system in which the meaning of words never varies from context to context.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where, besides in humans, has Burke observed the effects of the passions mentioned in question 133?

2. What does Burke envision would be the result of fitness trumping beauty in the human species?

3. What does Burke consider darkness to be?

4. Which does Burke's definition of "grace" include?

5. What quality of mind does Burke find in women that he thinks is analogous to fragility?

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