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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Burke expressly wish to discuss in this part of "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?
(a) The different cultural concepts of the beautiful in countries other than England.
(b) The usefulness of the sublime in formulating theories of art.
(c) The various manifestations of the sublime and the beautiful in early-modern England.
(d) The connections between the thoughts in the mind and emotions produced in the body.

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

3. What does Burke use as an example of difficulty as greatness?
(a) The Pyramids of Egypt.
(b) Stonehenge.
(c) The Great Wall of China.
(d) Roman aqueducts.

4. What size of objects does Burke consider "beautiful?"
(a) Small or diminutive.
(b) Large and imposing.
(c) Proportionate to the accepted standard.
(d) Moderate and common.

5. Burke writes that "Beauty in distress is the most _________ kind of beauty."
(a) Disgusting.
(b) Pleasurable.
(c) Affecting.
(d) Confusing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What, according to Burke, is responsible for common deviations in natural taste?

3. According to Burke, who is most capable of beauty?

4. Burke's general definition for "obscurity" is:

5. In what year was "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful" first published?

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