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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Sections I - IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to Burke, affects the passions and most incites admiration?
(a) That which can be explained in lay terms.
(b) That which we know little or nothing about.
(c) That which is human made and manufactured.
(d) That with which we are closely acquainted.

2. How do all emotions and passions affect the human mind?
(a) With scarring, searing effects.
(b) By forcing the mind to yield to the heart.
(c) With unpredictable, greatly varying effects.
(d) By natural, uniform, predictable principles.

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

4. What, according to Burke, is responsible for common deviations in natural taste?
(a) Humankind's natural curiosity.
(b) Confusion of the mind.
(c) Custom and habit.
(d) A willingness to deceive others.

5. What does Burke assert is present in every religion, to some degree?
(a) A prophet.
(b) A single deity.
(c) A salutary fear.
(d) A mode of forgiveness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two main passions connect with this creative power of the mind?

2. What is the same in all humans, according to Burke?

3. What is Burke's argument for the existence of the passion of ambition?

4. To which human faculty does "taste" belong?

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

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