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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Sections I - VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Burke's argument for the existence of the passion of ambition?
(a) Ambition is the manifestation of the natural hierarchy of low humans to high humans.
(b) Ambition forces people to look within and question their inner selves.
(c) Ambition incites jealousy and envy, which drive people to become violent.
(d) Ambition incites in people the drive to improve and excel so society will not stagnate.

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

3. What example does Burke give for a sublime sound?
(a) Artillery booming.
(b) Lapping waves.
(c) Running water.
(d) Childish laughter.

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 works on the mind through the body, and the other works on the body through the mind.
(c) One is a manifestation of the public sphere, but the other is solely a private passion.
(d) One is a relic of the past, whereas the other is present in Burke's time.

5. What is the state between pleasure and pain, according to Burke?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Joy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Confusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary example does Burke give as representative of magnificence?

2. How does Burke define sympathy?

3. What is Burke's argument that infinity exists in pleasing objects?

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

5. To which scientific finding does Burke compare his study of the beautiful and sublime?

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