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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When might the sublime be delightful?
(a) When it fills the entirety of one's being.
(b) When it truly threatens one's safety.
(c) When one experiences it from a safe distance.
(d) When one considers it intellectually.

2. What is this creative power of the mind incapable of producing?
(a) Anything captivating.
(b) Anything truly new.
(c) Anything of great consequence.
(d) Anything passionate.

3. What is the state between pleasure and pain, according to Burke?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Joy.
(d) Anger.

4. What are sources of the "sublime?"
(a) Anything that promotes pleasure.
(b) Anything of beauty.
(c) Anything that excites terror, pain, or danger.
(d) Anything that causes the subject to think deeply.

5. What does Burke assert about sensory observation?
(a) That sensory observation is of little importance to his discussion.
(b) That all people sense things in pretty much the same way.
(c) That divergent sensory observations of the same object are natural.
(d) That sensory input varies widely between individuals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Burke offer a second edition of "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?

2. In what year was "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful" first published?

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

4. How does Burke define pain and pleasure?

5. What is Burke's argument for the existence of the passion of ambition?

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