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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the general reason Burke wrote the book, as stated in the First Preface?
(a) Burke wanted to make money with the publication of this treatise.
(b) Burke completely disagreed with all else written on the sublime and the beautiful.
(c) Burke was initially at a loss to coherently describe the sublime and beautiful.
(d) Burke was taking dictation on the subject from his longtime mentor.

2. What is the same in all humans, according to Burke?
(a) The general intelligence quotient.
(b) The curiosity and wonder for nature.
(c) The capacity for feeling.
(d) The standards of reason and taste.

3. What examples does Burke use to prove that people agree upon sensory observations?
(a) The tastes of sweet, bitter, and sour.
(b) The pleasantness or unpleasantness of certain thoughts.
(c) Sudden, loud sounds as opposed to quiet, soft sounds.
(d) Feelings of sharp or soft.

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

5. Which method of teaching does Burke think best?
(a) Referring obliquely to the subject in conversation with the learner.
(b) Allowing the learner to investigate the subject.
(c) Testing the learner on the subject.
(d) Lecturing the learner on the subject.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do all emotions and passions affect the human mind?

3. What does Burke warn his readers about in the Second Preface?

4. Which two ideas does Burke often find confused with one another?

5. According to Burke, what will the result be of the long, close study of an object?

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