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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. According to Burke, what is more powerful than light at representing the sublime?
(a) Water.
(b) Humanity.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Fire.

2. What does Burke warn his readers about in the Second Preface?
(a) His book will challenge their core values.
(b) His book will contain faults.
(c) His book may make them angry.
(d) His book may be construed as unpatriotic.

3. How does Burke define "blackness?"
(a) As "potentially dangerous."
(b) As "increased darkness."
(c) As "necessarily evil."
(d) As "partial darkness."

4. How does Burke define pain and pleasure?
(a) They are the only essential qualities about which people are concerned.
(b) They are figments of human imagination that help us explain our world.
(c) They are each of a positive nature, not dependent upon each other.
(d) They are necessary to each other and cannot be separated.

5. What two aspects comprise Burke's "artificial infinity?"
(a) Curiosity and desire.
(b) Strength and power.
(c) Terror and greatness.
(d) Succession and uniformity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is suddenness sublime, according to Burke?

2. Why does Burke use the example of Campanella?

3. How does Burke define "gradual variation?"

4. Burke contrasts smoothness to __________ in his discussion of beauty.

5. What recognizable figure does Burke term a "forced analogy?"

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