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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Sections IX - XXVII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What passion does Burke identify as most effectively robing the mind of reasoning?
(a) Disgust.
(b) Anger.
(c) Love.
(d) Fear.

2. What term does Burke use to reflect uncertainty relative to the sublime?
(a) "Random."
(b) "Intermitting."
(c) "Harsh."
(d) "Steady."

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

4. Which example does Burke use in his discussion in Section VIII about infinity?
(a) The ocean.
(b) Madmen.
(c) The military.
(d) Cropland.

5. How does Burke define "proportion?"
(a) It illustrates the properties of geometries.
(b) It refers to the amount of food a healthy person eats.
(c) It is an average of height, breadth, and width.
(d) It is the measure of relative quantity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What quality of mind does Burke find in women that he thinks is analogous to fragility?

2. In what year was "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful" first published?

3. What does Burke envision would be the result of fitness trumping beauty in the human species?

4. What is the general reason Burke wrote the book, as stated in the First Preface?

5. How does Burke define "strength?"

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