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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Burke, what is more powerful than light at representing the sublime?
(a) Humanity.
(b) Fire.
(c) Water.
(d) Darkness.

3. What, according to Burke, is the first and most simple emotion of the human mind?
(a) Hunger, or longing.
(b) Indifference, or lassitude.
(c) Fear, or terror.
(d) Curiosity, or novelty.

4. How does Burke define sympathy?
(a) As an unnecessary show of weakness that will cause pain.
(b) As a desirable state of mind reached by looking inward towards one's own soul.
(c) As a painful realization, and reasoned acceptance, of one's humanity .
(d) As a sort of emotional substitution between people or through art.

5. What does Burke term the "creative power" of the mind?
(a) Judgment.
(b) Will.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Emotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to Burke, affects the passions and most incites admiration?

2. Into which two classes does Burke group the passions of society?

3. Which of the following is one of the general privations Burke lists?

4. How does Burke define "beauty?"

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

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