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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 does Burke use as an example of difficulty as greatness?
(a) Roman aqueducts.
(b) The Great Wall of China.
(c) Stonehenge.
(d) The Pyramids of Egypt.

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

3. What recognizable figure does Burke term a "forced analogy?"
(a) An ornate cathedral built in the Renaissance.
(b) A reproduction sculpture of a wounded gladiator.
(c) A painting of a mysterious, smiling woman.
(d) A sketch of a man outstretched within a circle.

4. What is the same in all humans, according to Burke?
(a) The capacity for feeling.
(b) The standards of reason and taste.
(c) The curiosity and wonder for nature.
(d) The general intelligence quotient.

5. In what year was "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful" first published?
(a) 1773.
(b) 1794.
(c) 1801.
(d) 1757.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do sublime buildings look, according to Burke?

2. What two main passions connect with this creative power of the mind?

3. Which of the following is one of the general privations Burke lists?

4. Which idea is more effective over the other in affecting the imagination, according to Burke?

5. What large part of text has Burke added between the First and Second editions?

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