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

2. What does Burke note about youth, as related to taste?
(a) That although judgments may not be sound, taste is excellent.
(b) That youth is the province of true wisdom.
(c) That sensory pleasure is great while judgment is inaccurate.
(d) That innocence does not equal ignorance.

3. Which of the following is one of the general privations Burke lists?
(a) Darkness.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Insanity.
(d) Hunger.

4. Burke believes that "taste" arises from:
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Passion.
(c) Reflection.
(d) Nature.

5. How does Burke define "magnificence?"
(a) As all that delights the eye by shimmering and glittering.
(b) As the power and might of a strong warrior or noble king.
(c) As that which requires magnification due to its miniscule size.
(d) As a great profusion of things that are splendid or valuable in and of themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What example does Burke offer to show his ideas on the effects of tragedy?

2. How does Burke separate natural and artificial objects?

3. Why, as Burke argues, are humans "more inclined to belief than to incredulity?"

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

5. According to Burke, what is more powerful than light at representing the sublime?

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