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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to Burke, is the cause of wrong "taste" in a person?
(a) A failure of the imagination.
(b) A defect of judgment.
(c) An overabundance of passion.
(d) A failure of propriety.

2. What does Burke hope will be the result of his "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?
(a) Readers will learn to control their passions when in specific social settings.
(b) Readers will apply principles of taste and passion to the otherwise severe sciences.
(c) Readers will be well-versed in the scientific method.
(d) Readers will leave the sciences behind in favor of imagination and passion.

3. Why is grief a part of pleasure, according to Burke?
(a) Because people actively and willfully grieve.
(b) Because all endings are beginnings.
(c) Because grief reminds the individual that life continues.
(d) Because grief always gives way to laughter.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are certain drugs enjoyable, according to Burke?

2. What does Burke note about youth, as related to taste?

3. What does Burke mean by the word "Taste?"

4. Which method of teaching does Burke think best?

5. What problem does Burke see with the contemporary notion of "taste?"

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