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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 only a minority of people are not beautiful.
(b) That proportionality does indeed coincide with beauty.
(c) That beauty is only skin-deep.
(d) That both beautiful and ugly people might be considered proportionate.

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

3. What term does Burke use to reflect uncertainty relative to the sublime?
(a) "Harsh."
(b) "Random."
(c) "Intermitting."
(d) "Steady."

4. What is the state between pleasure and pain, according to Burke?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Anger.
(d) Joy.

5. Which of the following does Burke assert about beauty?
(a) That it has nothing to do with proportion.
(b) That beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
(c) That it combines with proportion to create the sublime.
(d) That proportion is critical to it.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Burke, what is more powerful than light at representing the sublime?

2. How does Burke define "love?"

3. Why does Burke offer a second edition of "A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful"?

4. When might the sublime be delightful?

5. What body part's workings does Burke describe in detail?

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