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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. What does Burke use as an example of difficulty as greatness?
(a) The Pyramids of Egypt.
(b) The Great Wall of China.
(c) Stonehenge.
(d) Roman aqueducts.

2. What does Burke use as a common, but bad, example of infinity?
(a) An ocean.
(b) A snake.
(c) A cross.
(d) A mountain.

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

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

5. What is Burke's argument for the existence of the passion of ambition?
(a) Ambition is the manifestation of the natural hierarchy of low humans to high humans.
(b) Ambition incites jealousy and envy, which drive people to become violent.
(c) Ambition incites in people the drive to improve and excel so society will not stagnate.
(d) Ambition forces people to look within and question their inner selves.

Short Answer Questions

1. When might the sublime be delightful?

2. How does Burke define "magnificence?"

3. Why does Burke offer a second edition of "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?

4. To which other passions is the idea of power closely related, according to Burke?

5. What does Burke hope will be the result of his "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?

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