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

2. What literary example does Burke give as representative of magnificence?
(a) A passage from Shakespeare's _Henry IV_.
(b) A folk ballad from Scotland.
(c) An excerpt from Milton's _Paradise Lost_.
(d) One of Donne's Holy Sonnets.

3. To what effect does Burke use the example of the Turkish emperor?
(a) To demonstrate the barbarity of the Turks.
(b) To prove the existence of innate knowledge.
(c) To illustrate the difference between taste and knowledge.
(d) To question the validity of theories on sculpture.

4. How does Burke define sympathy?
(a) As an unnecessary show of weakness that will cause pain.
(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 a desirable state of mind reached by looking inward towards one's own soul.

5. How does Burke define solitude?
(a) As a welcome release.
(b) As a positive pain.
(c) As a necessary evil.
(d) As a pleasurable enjoyment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which passion belongs under the heading of "self-preservation?"

2. What, according to Burke, is most striking to this creative power of mind?

3. What examples does Burke use to argue that some sights are pleasurable to all people?

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

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

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