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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 is Burke's argument that infinity exists in pleasing objects?
(a) Humans are pleased by the unlimited potential of these objects.
(b) Infinity itself is a pleasant concept, so an infinite object must be pleasant.
(c) The only truly pleasing object is the night sky, which is truly infinite.
(d) Pleasantness is a feeling that goes on forever within our minds.

2. What literary example does Burke give as representative of magnificence?
(a) A folk ballad from Scotland.
(b) One of Donne's Holy Sonnets.
(c) A passage from Shakespeare's _Henry IV_.
(d) An excerpt from Milton's _Paradise Lost_.

3. To what effect does Burke use the example of the Turkish emperor?
(a) To demonstrate the barbarity of the Turks.
(b) To illustrate the difference between taste and knowledge.
(c) To prove the existence of innate knowledge.
(d) To question the validity of theories on sculpture.

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

5. Why is grief a part of pleasure, according to Burke?
(a) Because grief always gives way to laughter.
(b) Because all endings are beginnings.
(c) Because people actively and willfully grieve.
(d) Because grief reminds the individual that life continues.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Burke hope will be the result of his "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?

2. What example does Burke offer to show his ideas on the effects of tragedy?

3. Burke opines that buildings that are great only in dimension are:

4. What does Burke assert is necessary for the success of "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?

5. What term does Burke use to reflect uncertainty relative to the sublime?

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