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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 examples does Burke use to argue that some sights are pleasurable to all people?
(a) Objects he opines are among the ugliest animal species.
(b) Objects he and others he knows think are beautiful.
(c) Objects or ideas that he argues are morally repugnant.
(d) Objects he says can only be found in country estates.

2. Which medium does Burke feel arouses the passions most effectively?
(a) Painting.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Sculpture.
(d) Poetry.

3. To which human faculty does "taste" belong?
(a) To the imagination.
(b) To the passions.
(c) To the will.
(d) To the soul.

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

5. How, according to Burke, can light and dark be equal?
(a) Only when quantities balance each other.
(b) Because according to science, there is no difference between light and dark.
(c) If one experiences light and dark for equal periods of time.
(d) When the overpowering nature of one creates the effect of the other.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Burke term the "creative power" of the mind?

3. Burke's general definition for "obscurity" is:

4. What attracts people to one another, argues Burke?

5. How does Burke define "magnificence?"

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