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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which human faculty does "taste" belong?
(a) To the imagination.
(b) To the will.
(c) To the soul.
(d) To the passions.

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

3. What are sources of the "sublime?"
(a) Anything that causes the subject to think deeply.
(b) Anything that excites terror, pain, or danger.
(c) Anything of beauty.
(d) Anything that promotes pleasure.

4. What does Burke mean by the word "Taste?"
(a) The sense of taste located on the tongue, which distinguish sweet, salty, bitter, and sour flavors.
(b) Those faculties of the mind which form judgments upon the work of the imagination and the elegant arts.
(c) The sense of distinction that the higher social classes have above the lower social classes.
(d) The notions of personal style that refined, elegant people display when in public.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why, according to Burke, do we delight in the tragedies of others?

2. What does Burke hope will be the result of his "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?

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"?

4. Why is imitation important, according to Burke?

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

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