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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction On Taste Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem does Burke find with merely defining a term like "taste?"
(a) Taste is only an idea, not a reality, so it cannot be defined or described.
(b) There is a danger of confining and limiting the term to our present understanding.
(c) The process of defining the term may go on forever, and become overwhelming.
(d) People may disagree with and contest his definition.

2. What, according to Burke, is the cause of wrong "taste" in a person?
(a) An overabundance of passion.
(b) A failure of propriety.
(c) A defect of judgment.
(d) A failure of the imagination.

3. What is Burke's general plan of action for this book?
(a) It will refute all other theories of the sublime.
(b) It will focus only on human society.
(c) It will posit wild, untested new ideas.
(d) It will be a methodical study.

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

5. What does Burke term the "creative power" of the mind?
(a) Imagination.
(b) Will.
(c) Judgment.
(d) Emotion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What will be Burke's focus in "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?

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

4. What is the same in all humans, according to Burke?

5. What is the general reason Burke wrote the book, as stated in the First Preface?

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