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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. How does this body part produce the sense of the sublime, according to Burke?
(a) By contracting and relaxing due to electrical stimuli.
(b) By vibrating more or less depending on the sublimity of the object.
(c) By stretching to its fullest extent in response to fear.
(d) By becoming full and corpulent with the immensity of the sublime.

2. Burke contrasts smoothness to __________ in his discussion of beauty.
(a) Softness.
(b) Stickiness.
(c) Opacity.
(d) Roughness.

3. What is the effect of opiates or liquors, according to Burke?
(a) They harm both the mind and the body to a tragic degree.
(b) They force the body to yield to the superior power of the mind.
(c) They suspend the passions by inciting a different reaction in the body.
(d) They strengthen the connection and clarity between mind and body.

4. How should the eye move, in order to qualify as beautiful, according to Burke?
(a) Rapidly and avidly.
(b) Upward and to the right.
(c) Suddenly and jerkily.
(d) Slowly and languidly.

5. What recognizable figure does Burke term a "forced analogy?"
(a) A reproduction sculpture of a wounded gladiator.
(b) A sketch of a man outstretched within a circle.
(c) An ornate cathedral built in the Renaissance.
(d) A painting of a mysterious, smiling woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Burke oppose delicacy and fragility?

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

3. How does Burke define the beautiful in feeling?

4. According to Burke, what parts of the mind do beautiful things engage, and how?

5. Where, besides in humans, has Burke observed the effects of the passions mentioned in question 133?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How can pain be a cause of delight, in everyday life and in effecting the sublime?

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

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

5. According to Burke, how does the human eye work?

6. How does Burke use women as examples to demonstrate some of the aspects of beauty?

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

8. What is the "real" cause of beauty, according to Burke?

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

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

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