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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 general quality does Burke assert about "taste?"
(a) It is natural and common to all people.
(b) It is the province of the refined upper-class.
(c) It is unnecessary for discussion about beauty.
(d) It is the sole means of valuing an individual.

2. How does Burke define the beautiful in feeling?
(a) That which highly arouses the emotions.
(b) That which is roughly textured.
(c) That which can be simultaneously seen and smelled.
(d) That which is pleasant to the touch.

3. Into which two classes does Burke group the passions of society?
(a) General society and the society of the sexes.
(b) High- and low-society, based upon the class into which one is born.
(c) The liberal society and the conservative society.
(d) The societies of the educated and of the ignorant.

4. How does Burke describe "delightful horror?"
(a) As the "most contradictory emotion."
(b) As an "impossible state of mind."
(c) As a "positively painful process."
(d) As "tranquility tinged with terror."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Burke define pain and pleasure?

2. What term does Burke use to reflect uncertainty relative to the sublime?

3. What is another word for the "fitness" of objects about which Burke writes?

4. What is the sole difference Burke identifies between the passions mentioned in question 7?

5. What, according to Burke, must be utilized regularly lest it/they fall into disrepair?

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