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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 term does Burke use to reflect uncertainty relative to the sublime?
(a) "Harsh."
(b) "Random."
(c) "Steady."
(d) "Intermitting."

2. What, according to Burke, is the first and most simple emotion of the human mind?
(a) Hunger, or longing.
(b) Curiosity, or novelty.
(c) Fear, or terror.
(d) Indifference, or lassitude.

3. What does Burke hope will be the result of his "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?
(a) Readers will learn to control their passions when in specific social settings.
(b) Readers will be well-versed in the scientific method.
(c) Readers will leave the sciences behind in favor of imagination and passion.
(d) Readers will apply principles of taste and passion to the otherwise severe sciences.

4. Which passion belongs under the heading of "self-preservation?"
(a) Pain.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Desire.

5. Why, according to Burke, is the idea of God sublime?
(a) Because the idea itself is not describable in words.
(b) Because the love generated in one's soul is all-consuming.
(c) Because the notion of so much power overwhelms the understanding.
(d) Because the intellectual response is weighty and considerable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What passion does Burke identify as most effectively robing the mind of reasoning?

2. Burke believes that "taste" arises from:

3. Into which two classes does Burke group the passions of society?

4. Burke opines that buildings that are great only in dimension are:

5. What statement summarizes the real effects of fitness, as described by Burke?

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