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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Sections VIII - XXV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Burke use as an example of difficulty as greatness?
(a) The Pyramids of Egypt.
(b) Stonehenge.
(c) The Great Wall of China.
(d) Roman aqueducts.

2. What is the effect of opiates or liquors, according to Burke?
(a) They strengthen the connection and clarity between mind and body.
(b) They suspend the passions by inciting a different reaction in the body.
(c) They force the body to yield to the superior power of the mind.
(d) They harm both the mind and the body to a tragic degree.

3. What is another word for the "fitness" of objects about which Burke writes?
(a) Condition.
(b) Aptitude.
(c) Utility.
(d) Health.

4. How does Burke define pain and pleasure?
(a) They are each of a positive nature, not dependent upon each other.
(b) They are figments of human imagination that help us explain our world.
(c) They are the only essential qualities about which people are concerned.
(d) They are necessary to each other and cannot be separated.

5. What is John Locke's theory concerning darkness?
(a) Darkness is not naturally terrifying.
(b) Darkness is necessary to our ideas of death.
(c) Darkness must be feared.
(d) Darkness represents human sin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Burke define "strength?"

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

3. What is Burke's argument that infinity exists in pleasing objects?

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

5. To which other passions is the idea of power closely related, according to Burke?

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