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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 warn his readers about in the Second Preface?
(a) His book may be construed as unpatriotic.
(b) His book will contain faults.
(c) His book may make them angry.
(d) His book will challenge their core values.

2. Why are certain drugs enjoyable, according to Burke?
(a) Because people can get them for a low cost.
(b) Because people become accustomed to their pleasurable effects.
(c) Because the users only take them for their healthy properties.
(d) Because the users have no idea of the potential harm of the drug.

3. What set of animals does Burke use as examples of power and the sublime?
(a) Birds, fish, and reptiles.
(b) Dogs, cats, and mice.
(c) Oxen, bulls, and horses.
(d) Elephants, buffalo, and giraffes.

4. What general quality does Burke assert about "taste?"
(a) It is unnecessary for discussion about beauty.
(b) It is natural and common to all people.
(c) It is the sole means of valuing an individual.
(d) It is the province of the refined upper-class.

5. In which instance are feelings productive of the sublime?
(a) When the feelings are of pain or anguish.
(b) When the feelings are of love and desire.
(c) When the feelings are of delight and joy.
(d) When the feelings are of confusion and depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of colors are unfit to produce what Burke terms "grand images?"

2. What problem does Burke find with merely defining a term like "taste?"

3. What is the state between pleasure and pain, according to Burke?

4. What smells or tastes are, according to Burke, the only smells or tastes capable of producing grand sensations?

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

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