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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 will be Burke's focus in "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?
(a) The beautiful and sublime as they appear in Milton's _Paradise Lost_.
(b) The beautiful and sublime as they relate to contemporary politics.
(c) The full meanings and social impacts of the beautiful and sublime.
(d) The origins of our ideas of the beautiful and sublime.

2. What general quality does Burke assert about "taste?"
(a) It is natural and common to all people.
(b) It is the province of the refined upper-class.
(c) It is unnecessary for discussion about beauty.
(d) It is the sole means of valuing an individual.

3. Which method of teaching does Burke think best?
(a) Lecturing the learner on the subject.
(b) Allowing the learner to investigate the subject.
(c) Referring obliquely to the subject in conversation with the learner.
(d) Testing the learner on the subject.

4. How should the eye move, in order to qualify as beautiful, according to Burke?
(a) Slowly and languidly.
(b) Suddenly and jerkily.
(c) Upward and to the right.
(d) Rapidly and avidly.

5. How does Burke use the word "delight?"
(a) To equate that feeling with pleasure.
(b) To demonstrate his feelings.
(c) To describe the feeling one gets when pain is removed.
(d) To describe the natural state of humanity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Burke, who is most capable of beauty?

3. What is the same in all humans, according to Burke?

4. What two aspects comprise Burke's "artificial infinity?"

5. According to Burke, what is more powerful than light at representing the sublime?

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