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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When might the sublime be delightful?
(a) When it truly threatens one's safety.
(b) When one experiences it from a safe distance.
(c) When it fills the entirety of one's being.
(d) When one considers it intellectually.

4. What two main passions connect with this creative power of the mind?
(a) Lust and desire.
(b) Love and hate.
(c) Pain and pleasure.
(d) Curiosity and understanding.

5. How does Burke define "grief?"
(a) As the natural state of relationships between all people.
(b) As the most desirable of the sensibilities because it is strong.
(c) As that feeling when an object is so lost that one can never enjoy it again.
(d) As one of many types of positive pain.

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 is the state between pleasure and pain, according to Burke?

3. What large part of text has Burke added between the First and Second editions?

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

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

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