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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What quality of mind does Burke find in women that he thinks is analogous to fragility?
2. How does Burke define the beautiful in feeling?
3. What does NOT make certain objects or experiences affect us the way they do?
4. Why is darkness shocking, according to Burke?
5. 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"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Briefly summarize the three classes of words that Burke identifies.
2. What two examples does Burke use to illustrate the sublimity of succession in visual objects? Upon which principles does Burke assert these two examples operate?
3. How does Burke define ugliness, and how does Burke relate ugliness to beauty?
4. According to Burke, why is the taste of sweetness pleasant, and how does he decide this?
5. What is beautiful in feeling, according to Burke?
6. How does Burke define deformity?
7. How does the body react physically to emotions of love, per Burke's observations?
8. What does Burke assert affects the mind besides natural causes, and how does this thing relate to natural causes?
9. What is the "real" cause of beauty, according to Burke?
10. Why, according to Burke, is proportion not the cause of beauty in vegetation and animals?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Summarize Locke's idea of the nature of darkness and Burke's idea of the nature of darkness. Where do they differ? Why does Burke think differently than Locke, and what examples does he use to support his opinion? How does darkness affect the body and the mind, according to Burke? Do you think the cultural associations we have with darkness (the general theme of it and the common things it symbolizes) can be relevant to our view of darkness, in addition to or instead of Burke's opinion of darkness' nature?
Essay Topic 2
Paraphrase Burke's definition of beauty and the distinction he makes between love and lust or desire. What relation does beauty have to the sublime? Through which faculties does one experience, understand, and interpret that which is beautiful? How are love and lust/desire different, and can they ever coexist?
Essay Topic 3
Define the three classes of words that Burke identifies, and summarize his reasons for classifying language in this manner. Give examples of all three classes of words, and explain why your examples are appropriate. How does Burke differentiate between the three classes of words? What does Burke accomplish by categorizing language? What three primary effects do words have upon a listener or a reader, and how are these effects manifested? How does Burke explain that words may have an effect without raising images in the listener or reader's mind. How do words not connected to concrete or sensible things affect the mind? Which categories of words does Burke attach to certain effects? What kinds of words are the strongest and have the greatest effects upon the listener or reader?
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