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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two ideas does Burke often find confused with one another?
(a) Picturesque and picaresque.
(b) Liberty and patriotism.
(c) Fear and terror.
(d) Sublime and beauty.

2. Into which two classes does Burke group the passions of society?
(a) General society and the society of the sexes.
(b) High- and low-society, based upon the class into which one is born.
(c) The liberal society and the conservative society.
(d) The societies of the educated and of the ignorant.

3. What does Burke assert about sensory observation?
(a) That all people sense things in pretty much the same way.
(b) That sensory input varies widely between individuals.
(c) That sensory observation is of little importance to his discussion.
(d) That divergent sensory observations of the same object are natural.

4. According to Burke, why is procreation pleasurable?
(a) Because the rest of life is terrible, and there must be at least one pleasurable thing in life.
(b) To incite people to engage in it, since it is necessary to survival.
(c) To connect humans and animals in the realm of the senses.
(d) Because without some form of pleasure, society would devolve into warfare.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Burke define pain and pleasure?

2. What is Burke's general plan of action for this book?

3. How does Burke define sympathy?

4. What problem does Burke see with the contemporary notion of "taste?"

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

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