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

2. Which of the following does Burke assert about beauty?
(a) That proportion is critical to it.
(b) That it has nothing to do with proportion.
(c) That beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
(d) That it combines with proportion to create the sublime.

3. To what is deformity opposed, according to Burke?
(a) To the common or complete form.
(b) To perfect proportionality.
(c) To the ideal of beauty.
(d) To the magnificence of the sublime.

4. Which medium does Burke feel arouses the passions most effectively?
(a) Architecture.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Sculpture.
(d) Painting.

5. What two main passions connect with this creative power of the mind?
(a) Love and hate.
(b) Pain and pleasure.
(c) Lust and desire.
(d) Curiosity and understanding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which idea is more effective over the other in affecting the imagination, according to Burke?

2. What body part's workings does Burke describe in detail?

3. How does beauty act upon the human mind?

4. What examples does Burke use to prove that human proportionality does not necessarily equal human beauty?

5. To which human faculty does Burke opine proportion belongs?

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