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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which example does Burke use to support his argument regarding the nature of darkness?
(a) A dim, murky forest fraught with danger.
(b) A person who grew afraid of his own shadow.
(c) A solar eclipse that frightened townsfolk.
(d) A blind boy who regains his sight.

2. What, to Burke, is "great and amazing beyond conception?"
(a) The depth of feeling in one particular person about one particular issue.
(b) Two strong, but abstract ideas not representable by images, but only by language.
(c) The idea that the human eye can see essentially to infinity.
(d) That which can be the most effectively represented in painting or sculpture.

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

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

5. Which of the following is one of the general privations Burke lists?
(a) Insanity.
(b) Darkness.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Sleep.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does NOT make certain objects or experiences affect us the way they do?

3. What large part of text has Burke added between the First and Second editions?

4. What is the effect of opiates or liquors, according to Burke?

5. What is one of the primary causes of words influencing the passions?

(see the answer key)

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