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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. Which of the following passions show the same effects as pain?
(a) Depression and grief.
(b) Fear and terror.
(c) Joy and delight.
(d) Lust and desire.

2. What is John Locke's theory concerning darkness?
(a) Darkness is not naturally terrifying.
(b) Darkness represents human sin.
(c) Darkness must be feared.
(d) Darkness is necessary to our ideas of death.

3. Which two effects are often combined and alternated under the passions mentioned in question 7?
(a) Strength and weakness.
(b) Desire and frigidity.
(c) Contentment and consternation.
(d) Loathing and lust.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Burke oppose delicacy and fragility?

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

3. What does NOT make certain objects or experiences affect us the way they do?

4. What is the effect of opiates or liquors, according to Burke?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Burke define deformity?

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

3. What example does Burke use to demonstrate that perfection is not the cause of beauty?

4. What primary example does Burke cite in his argument that words may be used without being connected to images, and what is the significance of this example?

5. According to Burke, why is the taste of sweetness pleasant, and how does he decide this?

6. What types of sounds, smells, and tastes can be considered beautiful, according to Burke?

7. How does Burke define ugliness, and how does Burke relate ugliness to beauty?

8. What is unique about the historical figure of Campanella, as related by Burke?

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

10. What does Burke identify as the three effects of words?

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