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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Burke personally observed about human beauty?
(a) That beauty is only skin-deep.
(b) That both beautiful and ugly people might be considered proportionate.
(c) That only a minority of people are not beautiful.
(d) That proportionality does indeed coincide with beauty.

2. What are sources of the "sublime?"
(a) Anything that causes the subject to think deeply.
(b) Anything that excites terror, pain, or danger.
(c) Anything of beauty.
(d) Anything that promotes pleasure.

3. Burke's general definition for "obscurity" is:
(a) That which is hidden from view.
(b) That which we cannot fully know.
(c) That which is most humble.
(d) That which is not famous.

4. What example does Burke use in his argument that perfection is not the cause of beauty?
(a) A scenic mountain view that, though broken by heavy clouds, is beautiful.
(b) Flowers whose wayward stalks or blooms are expressions of beauty.
(c) Women whose imperfections and weaknesses make them beautiful.
(d) The industrious bustle of a market town or busy port can be called beautiful.

5. Which passion belongs under the heading of "self-preservation?"
(a) Anger.
(b) Pain.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Desire.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Burke's opinion, at what depiction do painters most notably fail?

2. What does Burke term the "creative power" of the mind?

3. What is NOT a property of the beautiful in music?

4. What does Burke use as a common, but bad, example of infinity?

5. According to Burke, what is the mechanical reason darkness is terrible?

(see the answer key)

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