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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 smells or tastes are, according to Burke, the only smells or tastes capable of producing grand sensations?
(a) Saltiness and flowery odors.
(b) Sourness and tangy smells.
(c) Bitterness and terrible stenches.
(d) Sweetness and spicy odors.

2. What large part of text has Burke added between the First and Second editions?
(a) A Publisher's Foreword.
(b) An Autobiographical Epilogue.
(c) An Introduction on Taste.
(d) An Afterword on Terror.

3. What examples does Burke use to prove that people agree upon sensory observations?
(a) The tastes of sweet, bitter, and sour.
(b) Feelings of sharp or soft.
(c) The pleasantness or unpleasantness of certain thoughts.
(d) Sudden, loud sounds as opposed to quiet, soft sounds.

4. What example does Burke use to demonstrate that differing tastes stem from the same basic root?
(a) A comparison of two breeds of a horse.
(b) Two different types of poetry.
(c) The description of pretty ladies in a drawing room.
(d) The comparison of two historical moments.

5. How does Burke define "strength?"
(a) As "natural power."
(b) As "wild freedom."
(c) As "earned glory."
(d) As "careful concentration."

Short Answer Questions

1. What example does Burke use in his argument that perfection is not the cause of beauty?

2. What statement summarizes the real effects of fitness, as described by Burke?

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

4. How does Burke define "magnificence?"

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

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