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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 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 apply principles of taste and passion to the otherwise severe sciences.
(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 learn to control their passions when in specific social settings.

2. Which two ideas does Burke often find confused with one another?
(a) Liberty and patriotism.
(b) Picturesque and picaresque.
(c) Fear and terror.
(d) Sublime and beauty.

3. Why does Burke offer a second edition of "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?
(a) He realizes that he could make more money selling a second edition.
(b) He wishes to directly challenge the criticism of the first edition.
(c) He wishes to expand and further illustrate his theories.
(d) He wishes to change and contradict his own views.

4. What is the same in all humans, according to Burke?
(a) The standards of reason and taste.
(b) The general intelligence quotient.
(c) The curiosity and wonder for nature.
(d) The capacity for feeling.

5. In what year was "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful" first published?
(a) 1757.
(b) 1801.
(c) 1773.
(d) 1794.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Burke note about youth, as related to taste?

2. What general quality does Burke assert about "taste?"

3. What is this creative power of the mind incapable of producing?

4. What does Burke want "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful" to accomplish?

5. What does Burke assert about sensory observation?

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