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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 natural powers in man does Burke say relate to external objects?
(a) The judgment, emotions, and the will.
(b) The senses, imagination, and judgment.
(c) The imagination, passions, and the senses.
(d) The senses, passions, and the will.

2. What visual example does Burke FIRST offer in his explanation of succession and the sublime?
(a) A large cathedral.
(b) A grove of trees.
(c) A colonnade of pillars.
(d) A field of grain.

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

4. What does Burke say is the primary passion ignited by the sublime?
(a) Astonishment.
(b) Anger.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Joy.

5. Burke opines that buildings that are great only in dimension are:
(a) Paragons of human imagination.
(b) The epitome of sublimity in architecture.
(c) Too simple and common to be sublime.
(d) Only deceptively large.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Burke use the word "delight?"

3. According to Burke, who is most capable of beauty?

4. What does Burke assert is necessary for the success of "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?

5. What examples does Burke use to prove that people agree upon sensory observations?

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