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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 example does Burke use to demonstrate that differing tastes stem from the same basic root?
(a) Two different types of poetry.
(b) A comparison of two breeds of a horse.
(c) The comparison of two historical moments.
(d) The description of pretty ladies in a drawing room.

2. What is the general reason Burke wrote the book, as stated in the First Preface?
(a) Burke completely disagreed with all else written on the sublime and the beautiful.
(b) Burke was taking dictation on the subject from his longtime mentor.
(c) Burke wanted to make money with the publication of this treatise.
(d) Burke was initially at a loss to coherently describe the sublime and beautiful.

3. To what effect does Burke use the example of the Turkish emperor?
(a) To question the validity of theories on sculpture.
(b) To demonstrate the barbarity of the Turks.
(c) To illustrate the difference between taste and knowledge.
(d) To prove the existence of innate knowledge.

4. 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.

5. Why, as Burke argues, are humans "more inclined to belief than to incredulity?"
(a) Because belief engages the imagination pleasantly, while incredulity is naturally negative.
(b) Because believing makes it easier to get along with others in the social-contract model of society.
(c) Because believing something is easy, whereas not believing is more difficult.
(d) Because God is born in all of us, so we have a natural inclination to believe in him.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Burke offer a second edition of "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?

4. According to Burke, what will the result be of the long, close study of an object?

5. In what year was "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful" first published?

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