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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 is this creative power of the mind incapable of producing?
(a) Anything of great consequence.
(b) Anything captivating.
(c) Anything truly new.
(d) Anything passionate.

2. Why are certain drugs enjoyable, according to Burke?
(a) Because people can get them for a low cost.
(b) Because the users only take them for their healthy properties.
(c) Because people become accustomed to their pleasurable effects.
(d) Because the users have no idea of the potential harm of the drug.

3. What, according to Burke, is most striking to this creative power of mind?
(a) The potential value of an object.
(b) The quality of laughter in human communication.
(c) Comparing resemblances between or imitations of two distinct objects.
(d) Arguments of fairness in disagreements among social unequals.

4. What, according to Burke, is responsible for common deviations in natural taste?
(a) Confusion of the mind.
(b) A willingness to deceive others.
(c) Humankind's natural curiosity.
(d) Custom and habit.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do all emotions and passions affect the human mind?

3. What two main passions connect with this creative power of the mind?

4. To what effect does Burke use the example of the Turkish emperor?

5. Which two ideas does Burke often find confused with one another?

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