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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the first examples Burke cites to demonstrate his argument about beauty and proportion?
(a) Several kinds of animals.
(b) Certain literary texts.
(c) People he knows.
(d) Various types of flowers.

2. What, according to Burke, is the cause of wrong "taste" in a person?
(a) A defect of judgment.
(b) A failure of the imagination.
(c) A failure of propriety.
(d) An overabundance of passion.

3. What is another word for the "fitness" of objects about which Burke writes?
(a) Utility.
(b) Condition.
(c) Aptitude.
(d) Health.

4. Why are the cries of animals sublime, according to Burke?
(a) Because they convey great ideas of pain and danger.
(b) Because they instill a feeling of sympathy in listeners.
(c) Because they reassure listeners of their own reasoning capacities.
(d) Because they remind people of their humanity.

5. Which medium does Burke feel arouses the passions most effectively?
(a) Sculpture.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Painting.
(d) Architecture.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which instance are feelings productive of the sublime?

2. What does Burke warn his readers about in the Second Preface?

3. What example does Burke cite in his discussion of how people may convey ideas of things which they do not know?

4. Which example does Burke use to support his argument regarding the nature of darkness?

5. What passion does Burke identify as most effectively robing the mind of reasoning?

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