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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. Why are the cries of animals sublime, according to Burke?
(a) Because they instill a feeling of sympathy in listeners.
(b) Because they remind people of their humanity.
(c) Because they reassure listeners of their own reasoning capacities.
(d) Because they convey great ideas of pain and danger.

2. Why, according to Burke, is the idea of God sublime?
(a) Because the intellectual response is weighty and considerable.
(b) Because the notion of so much power overwhelms the understanding.
(c) Because the love generated in one's soul is all-consuming.
(d) Because the idea itself is not describable in words.

3. According to Burke, what is more powerful than light at representing the sublime?
(a) Water.
(b) Humanity.
(c) Fire.
(d) Darkness.

4. What is Burke's general plan of action for this book?
(a) It will focus only on human society.
(b) It will refute all other theories of the sublime.
(c) It will be a methodical study.
(d) It will posit wild, untested new ideas.

5. Which method of teaching does Burke think best?
(a) Referring obliquely to the subject in conversation with the learner.
(b) Allowing the learner to investigate the subject.
(c) Testing the learner on the subject.
(d) Lecturing the learner on the subject.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which medium does Burke feel arouses the passions most effectively?

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

4. What literary example does Burke give as representative of magnificence?

5. What does Burke assert is present in every religion, to some degree?

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