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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 is the general reason Burke wrote the book, as stated in the First Preface?
(a) Burke wanted to make money with the publication of this treatise.
(b) Burke completely disagreed with all else written on the sublime and the beautiful.
(c) Burke was initially at a loss to coherently describe the sublime and beautiful.
(d) Burke was taking dictation on the subject from his longtime mentor.

2. What does Burke consider darkness to be?
(a) Terrible in its own nature.
(b) The highest level of the sublime.
(c) The least imposing natural phenomenon.
(d) Something with which all people are comfortable.

3. To what does Burke tie his own opinion of darkness and the sublime?
(a) Desire.
(b) Judgment.
(c) Intellectualism.
(d) Self-preservation.

4. What does Burke criticize about the patrons of proportion?
(a) That they have not expanded their architectural projects enough.
(b) That they are not clear enough in defining proportionality.
(c) That they are disproportionate and ugly.
(d) That they view their own works and views as superior to nature.

5. How do smells and tastes become sublime most effectively?
(a) When they occur when one is in a dreaming state.
(b) When moderated through narrative and description.
(c) When combined with eating and drinking.
(d) When mediated through art.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Burke separate natural and artificial objects?

2. What kind of colors are unfit to produce what Burke terms "grand images?"

3. How does this body part produce the sense of the sublime, according to Burke?

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

5. How does Burke define pain and pleasure?

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