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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What problem does Burke see with the contemporary notion of "taste?"
(a) The concept of taste is misunderstood and badly defined.
(b) Everyone pays too much attention to taste and not enough attention to reason.
(c) It's principles have not been made uniform.
(d) Nobody Burke knows seems to have taste.

3. What large part of text has Burke added between the First and Second editions?
(a) A Publisher's Foreword.
(b) An Introduction on Taste.
(c) An Afterword on Terror.
(d) An Autobiographical Epilogue.

4. How does Burke define solitude?
(a) As a pleasurable enjoyment.
(b) As a positive pain.
(c) As a welcome release.
(d) As a necessary evil.

5. What kinds of sounds does Burke say can be sublime?
(a) Soft, murmuring sounds.
(b) Melodious sounds.
(c) Excessively loud sounds.
(d) Bright, quick sounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Burke say is the primary passion ignited by the sublime?

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

3. In Burke's opinion, at what depiction do painters most notably fail?

4. What example does Burke give for a sublime sound?

5. How does Burke define pain and pleasure?

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