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

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

3. What does Burke note about youth, as related to taste?
(a) That sensory pleasure is great while judgment is inaccurate.
(b) That innocence does not equal ignorance.
(c) That although judgments may not be sound, taste is excellent.
(d) That youth is the province of true wisdom.

4. What problem does Burke find with merely defining a term like "taste?"
(a) People may disagree with and contest his definition.
(b) There is a danger of confining and limiting the term to our present understanding.
(c) The process of defining the term may go on forever, and become overwhelming.
(d) Taste is only an idea, not a reality, so it cannot be defined or described.

5. What does Burke warn his readers about in the Second Preface?
(a) His book may make them angry.
(b) His book may be construed as unpatriotic.
(c) His book will contain faults.
(d) His book will challenge their core values.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Burke term the "creative power" of the mind?

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

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

4. Why, as Burke argues, are humans "more inclined to belief than to incredulity?"

5. What example does Burke use to demonstrate that differing tastes stem from the same basic root?

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