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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. How do use and habit affect pleasure?
(a) They renew it by constant exposure.
(b) They deaden it through repetition.
(c) They enhance it by care and practice.
(d) They control it and guide its force.

2. Which does Burke's definition of "grace" include?
(a) Speaking foreign languages.
(b) Conversation and debate.
(c) Posture and motion.
(d) Painting and drawing.

3. How does Burke define "grief?"
(a) As one of many types of positive pain.
(b) As the natural state of relationships between all people.
(c) As the most desirable of the sensibilities because it is strong.
(d) As that feeling when an object is so lost that one can never enjoy it again.

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

5. How does Burke define "gradual variation?"
(a) As the sudden movement of line or angle.
(b) As the rapid changes of an avid mind.
(c) As the slight deviation of regular parts.
(d) As the general decline in beauty due to age.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which scientific finding does Burke compare his study of the beautiful and sublime?

2. What is Burke's general opinion of linking beauty to virtue?

3. What is the general reason Burke wrote the book, as stated in the First Preface?

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

5. To which human faculty does "taste" belong?

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