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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 is the state between pleasure and pain, according to Burke?
(a) Anger.
(b) Joy.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Indifference.

2. What does Burke note about youth, as related to taste?
(a) That sensory pleasure is great while judgment is inaccurate.
(b) That youth is the province of true wisdom.
(c) That although judgments may not be sound, taste is excellent.
(d) That innocence does not equal ignorance.

3. According to Burke, what will the result be of the long, close study of an object?
(a) An increased sense of anxiety.
(b) An increased sensibility of taste.
(c) A decreased feeling of pleasure.
(d) A decreased interest in the object.

4. What is the main manifestation of infinity Burke mentions?
(a) A recurring dream or nightmare.
(b) A seemingly endless journey.
(c) A quiet walk in a grove of trees.
(d) A frequently repeated idea or motion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which idea is more effective over the other in affecting the imagination, according to Burke?

2. What, according to Burke, is responsible for common deviations in natural taste?

3. Why, as Burke argues, are humans "more inclined to belief than to incredulity?"

4. Which of the following is one of the general privations Burke lists?

5. How does Burke define sympathy?

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