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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Burke, why is procreation pleasurable?
(a) To connect humans and animals in the realm of the senses.
(b) Because without some form of pleasure, society would devolve into warfare.
(c) To incite people to engage in it, since it is necessary to survival.
(d) Because the rest of life is terrible, and there must be at least one pleasurable thing in life.

2. What example does Burke use to demonstrate that differing tastes stem from the same basic root?
(a) A comparison of two breeds of a horse.
(b) The comparison of two historical moments.
(c) Two different types of poetry.
(d) The description of pretty ladies in a drawing room.

3. Into which two classes does Burke group the passions of society?
(a) High- and low-society, based upon the class into which one is born.
(b) The liberal society and the conservative society.
(c) The societies of the educated and of the ignorant.
(d) General society and the society of the sexes.

4. 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 unnecessary for discussion about beauty.
(d) It is the province of the refined upper-class.

5. 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 leave the sciences behind in favor of imagination and passion.
(c) Readers will apply principles of taste and passion to the otherwise severe sciences.
(d) Readers will be well-versed in the scientific method.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What examples does Burke use to argue that some sights are pleasurable to all people?

3. What is the state between pleasure and pain, according to Burke?

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

5. Which method of teaching does Burke think best?

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