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

2. What natural powers in man does Burke say relate to external objects?
(a) The judgment, emotions, and the will.
(b) The imagination, passions, and the senses.
(c) The senses, passions, and the will.
(d) The senses, imagination, and judgment.

3. What does Burke assert is necessary for the success of "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?
(a) To debunk all outmoded notions of the sublime.
(b) To demonstrate his expansive knowledge of the passions.
(c) To establish the principles of taste.
(d) To make his readers agree with him.

4. What does Burke note about youth, as related to taste?
(a) That sensory pleasure is great while judgment is inaccurate.
(b) That youth is the province of true wisdom.
(c) That although judgments may not be sound, taste is excellent.
(d) That innocence does not equal ignorance.

5. What examples does Burke use to argue that some sights are pleasurable to all people?
(a) Objects he and others he knows think are beautiful.
(b) Objects or ideas that he argues are morally repugnant.
(c) Objects he says can only be found in country estates.
(d) Objects he opines are among the ugliest animal species.

Short Answer Questions

1. What example does Burke use to demonstrate that differing tastes stem from the same basic root?

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

3. Why, as Burke argues, are humans "more inclined to belief than to incredulity?"

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

5. What does Burke assert about sensory observation?

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