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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main manifestation of infinity Burke mentions?
(a) A frequently repeated idea or motion.
(b) A seemingly endless journey.
(c) A recurring dream or nightmare.
(d) A quiet walk in a grove of trees.

2. To what is deformity opposed, according to Burke?
(a) To the ideal of beauty.
(b) To perfect proportionality.
(c) To the magnificence of the sublime.
(d) To the common or complete form.

3. What does Burke use as a common, but bad, example of infinity?
(a) An ocean.
(b) A snake.
(c) A mountain.
(d) A cross.

4. What, according to Burke, is the state of a man whose teeth are set and whose forehead is wrinkled?
(a) Terrible wrath.
(b) Utter delight.
(c) Great pain.
(d) Complete confusion.

5. According to Burke, what will the result be of the long, close study of an object?
(a) An increased sense of anxiety.
(b) A decreased feeling of pleasure.
(c) An increased sensibility of taste.
(d) A decreased interest in the object.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is one of the examples Burke cites to demonstrate the sublime in poetry?

2. What does Burke say is the primary passion ignited by the sublime?

3. What two aspects comprise Burke's "artificial infinity?"

4. How is blackness different from darkness, according to Burke?

5. Why does Burke include a section on the effect of words in "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?

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