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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 caveat does Burke offer to his readers about "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?
(a) He can only study the immediately sensible qualities of the sublime and the beautiful.
(b) He bears no resemblance to any kind of contemporary scientific method.
(c) He is writing for political reasons geared to sway minds.
(d) He chooses to omit most of what he truly thinks and feels regarding the sublime and beautiful.

2. How does Burke define sympathy?
(a) As a painful realization, and reasoned acceptance, of one's humanity .
(b) As a desirable state of mind reached by looking inward towards one's own soul.
(c) As an unnecessary show of weakness that will cause pain.
(d) As a sort of emotional substitution between people or through art.

3. What examples does Burke use to illustrate authority vs. affection?
(a) The rich and the poor.
(b) Statesmen and artists.
(c) Fathers and mothers.
(d) Dogs and cats.

4. How does Burke define "association?"
(a) As a group of words that defines another group of words.
(b) As a somewhat friendly acquaintance.
(c) As a set of memories worn into the mind.
(d) As a specific group of businessmen.

5. According to Burke, what is the mechanical reason darkness is terrible?
(a) The skin becomes less sensitive and reduces feeling.
(b) The eye's compensation for darkness causes pain.
(c) The brain's ability to think is much reduced.
(d) The body's processes slow down.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Burke, what will the result be of the long, close study of an object?

2. What, according to Burke, is most striking to this creative power of mind?

3. What does Burke warn his readers about in the Second Preface?

4. Why are the cries of animals sublime, according to Burke?

5. What size of objects does Burke consider "beautiful?"

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