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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. How do all emotions and passions affect the human mind?
(a) With scarring, searing effects.
(b) With unpredictable, greatly varying effects.
(c) By natural, uniform, predictable principles.
(d) By forcing the mind to yield to the heart.

2. How does Burke define "grief?"
(a) As the most desirable of the sensibilities because it is strong.
(b) As that feeling when an object is so lost that one can never enjoy it again.
(c) As the natural state of relationships between all people.
(d) As one of many types of positive pain.

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

4. According to Burke, what will the result be of the long, close study of an object?
(a) A decreased feeling of pleasure.
(b) An increased sensibility of taste.
(c) An increased sense of anxiety.
(d) A decreased interest in the object.

5. To what is deformity opposed, according to Burke?
(a) To the ideal of beauty.
(b) To perfect proportionality.
(c) To the magnificence of the sublime.
(d) To the common or complete form.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the first examples Burke cites to demonstrate his argument about beauty and proportion?

2. What does Burke term the "creative power" of the mind?

3. What kind of colors are unfit to produce what Burke terms "grand images?"

4. Which of the following does Burke assert about beauty?

5. Why, according to Burke, do we delight in the tragedies of others?

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