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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. What attracts people to one another, argues Burke?
(a) Personality.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Wealth.

2. Why is imitation important, according to Burke?
(a) It allows us to learn in school.
(b) It facilitates comedy in the theater.
(c) It is how we try to get closer to God.
(d) It forms our manners and opinions.

3. 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 incites jealousy and envy, which drive people to become violent.
(c) Ambition incites in people the drive to improve and excel so society will not stagnate.
(d) Ambition forces people to look within and question their inner selves.

4. What are the first examples Burke cites to demonstrate his argument about beauty and proportion?
(a) Certain literary texts.
(b) Several kinds of animals.
(c) People he knows.
(d) Various types of flowers.

5. What general quality does Burke assert about "taste?"
(a) It is natural and common to all people.
(b) It is the sole means of valuing an individual.
(c) It is the province of the refined upper-class.
(d) It is unnecessary for discussion about beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Burke use as a common, but bad, example of infinity?

2. Why, according to Burke, is the idea of God sublime?

3. What, according to Burke, is the first and most simple emotion of the human mind?

4. What does Burke assert is present in every religion, to some degree?

5. What, according to Burke, is responsible for common deviations in natural taste?

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