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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is imitation important, according to Burke?
(a) It is how we try to get closer to God.
(b) It forms our manners and opinions.
(c) It facilitates comedy in the theater.
(d) It allows us to learn in school.

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

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

4. What, according to Burke, is the first and most simple emotion of the human mind?
(a) Curiosity, or novelty.
(b) Indifference, or lassitude.
(c) Hunger, or longing.
(d) Fear, or terror.

5. Why are certain drugs enjoyable, according to Burke?
(a) Because the users only take them for their healthy properties.
(b) Because the users have no idea of the potential harm of the drug.
(c) Because people can get them for a low cost.
(d) Because people become accustomed to their pleasurable effects.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What general quality does Burke assert about "taste?"

4. What does Burke assert about sensory observation?

5. What, according to Burke, is responsible for common deviations in natural taste?

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