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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Sections I - VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are certain drugs enjoyable, according to Burke?
(a) Because the users have no idea of the potential harm of the drug.
(b) Because people can get them for a low cost.
(c) Because people become accustomed to their pleasurable effects.
(d) Because the users only take them for their healthy properties.

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

3. How does Burke define "love?"
(a) As the boldest and most striking of all the passions.
(b) As the sexual attraction between sexes.
(c) As the natural state of human relationships with one another.
(d) As the satisfaction the mind feels upon contemplating the beautiful.

4. According to Burke, who is most capable of beauty?
(a) Elegant aristocrats.
(b) The male sex.
(c) The female sex.
(d) Rustic peasants.

5. What natural powers in man does Burke say relate to external objects?
(a) The senses, imagination, and judgment.
(b) The imagination, passions, and the senses.
(c) The senses, passions, and the will.
(d) The judgment, emotions, and the will.

Short Answer Questions

1. Burke contrasts smoothness to __________ in his discussion of beauty.

2. What does Burke assert is present in every religion, to some degree?

3. How does Burke use the word "delight?"

4. Why does Burke use the example of Campanella?

5. What has Burke observed in himself regarding the passions and the body, in Section IV?

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