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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, according to Burke, is most striking to this creative power of mind?
(a) The quality of laughter in human communication.
(b) Arguments of fairness in disagreements among social unequals.
(c) The potential value of an object.
(d) Comparing resemblances between or imitations of two distinct objects.

2. How does Burke define "grief?"
(a) As one of many types of positive pain.
(b) As the natural state of relationships between all people.
(c) As the most desirable of the sensibilities because it is strong.
(d) As that feeling when an object is so lost that one can never enjoy it again.

3. Burke's general definition for "obscurity" is:
(a) That which is most humble.
(b) That which we cannot fully know.
(c) That which is not famous.
(d) That which is hidden from view.

4. To what does Burke oppose delicacy and fragility?
(a) Robustness and strength.
(b) Whining and crying.
(c) Courage and honor.
(d) Dignity and fortitude.

5. What statement summarizes the real effects of fitness, as described by Burke?
(a) Fitness is designed to incite introspection and excite people into socially-important action.
(b) The purpose of fitness is to describe the differences between the species of animals and plants.
(c) God gave each thing a particular fitness to make us fully understand and marvel at the mysteries of the world.
(d) There can be nothing sublime without being fit or beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Burke, why is procreation pleasurable?

2. What is Burke's general opinion of linking beauty to virtue?

3. What does Burke warn his readers about in the Second Preface?

4. According to Burke, what parts of the mind do beautiful things engage, and how?

5. To what is deformity opposed, according to Burke?

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