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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, 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. Why is suddenness sublime, according to Burke?
(a) Because the body's reaction is unpredictable.
(b) Because that which is sudden is very interesting.
(c) Because the mind is suddenly put on its guard.
(d) Because easy transitions are pleasant.

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

4. Which of the following is one of the general privations Burke lists?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Darkness.
(c) Insanity.
(d) Sleep.

5. How does Burke define sympathy?
(a) As a desirable state of mind reached by looking inward towards one's own soul.
(b) As a sort of emotional substitution between people or through art.
(c) As a painful realization, and reasoned acceptance, of one's humanity .
(d) As an unnecessary show of weakness that will cause pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which example does Burke use in his discussion in Section VIII about infinity?

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

3. Burke asserts that vastness of dimension is as sublime as:

4. What, according to Burke, is the cause of wrong "taste" in a person?

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

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