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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What quality of mind does Burke find in women that he thinks is analogous to fragility?
(a) Vapidity.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Forthrightness.
(d) Timidity.

2. According to Burke, who is most capable of beauty?
(a) Elegant aristocrats.
(b) The female sex.
(c) The male sex.
(d) Rustic peasants.

3. Which principle fits the image of a long, bare wall, according to Burke?
(a) Vastness.
(b) Perspective.
(c) Infinity.
(d) Proportion.

4. To what does Burke compare human listening methods?
(a) Children tossing and turning in sleep.
(b) Animals pricking up their ears.
(c) Birds flying away at sudden noises.
(d) Fish darting through the water.

5. Which kinds of colors does Burke argue are essential to beauty?
(a) Strong, glaring colors.
(b) Dusky, opaque colors.
(c) Bold, vibrant colors.
(d) Soft, clean, fair colors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to Burke, must be utilized regularly lest it/they fall into disrepair?

2. What does Burke criticize about the patrons of proportion?

3. What passage does Burke offer as an example of the effect of words?

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

5. How does beauty act upon the human mind?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Burke define deformity?

2. To what effect does Burke use the example of Campanella?

3. What is beautiful in feeling, according to Burke?

4. What does Burke propose to study in Part IV? What caveat does he offer his readers?

5. In his discussion of proportionality among human figures, what censure does Burke lay upon advocates proportion-as-beauty?

6. What are the physical effects of fear and pain, and what is the difference between fear and pain, as observed by Burke?

7. How does the body react physically to emotions of love, per Burke's observations?

8. What does Burke assert affects the mind besides natural causes, and how does this thing relate to natural causes?

9. Summarize the difference between Locke's idea of the nature of darkness and Burke's idea of the nature of darkness.

10. Why, according to Burke, are humans readily affected by the passions of others?

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