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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What examples does Burke use to prove that people agree upon sensory observations?
(a) The tastes of sweet, bitter, and sour.
(b) The pleasantness or unpleasantness of certain thoughts.
(c) Feelings of sharp or soft.
(d) Sudden, loud sounds as opposed to quiet, soft sounds.

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

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

4. 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.

5. What does Burke mean by the word "Taste?"
(a) Those faculties of the mind which form judgments upon the work of the imagination and the elegant arts.
(b) The sense of taste located on the tongue, which distinguish sweet, salty, bitter, and sour flavors.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Burke believes that "taste" arises from:

2. What will be Burke's focus in "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?

3. Why is grief a part of pleasure, according to Burke?

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

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

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