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

2. How do use and habit affect pleasure?
(a) They control it and guide its force.
(b) They renew it by constant exposure.
(c) They deaden it through repetition.
(d) They enhance it by care and practice.

3. Where, besides in humans, has Burke observed the effects of the passions mentioned in question 133?
(a) In horses.
(b) In dogs.
(c) In birds.
(d) In cats.

4. To what does Burke refer when he introduces physiognomy as part of beauty?
(a) The elegance of one's steps.
(b) The facial features.
(c) The shape of the bust.
(d) The height of the individual.

5. What is one of the primary causes of words influencing the passions?
(a) Our forceful imaginations' shaping of our emotions and desires.
(b) Our sympathizing with and identifying with the passions of others.
(c) Our reliance on judgment and will to shape our passions.
(d) Our skepticism of and disdain for the emotional state of others.

Short Answer Questions

1. What example does Burke use to illustrate his idea of gradual variation?

2. What examples does Burke use to illustrate authority vs. affection?

3. Why is darkness shocking, according to Burke?

4. What has Burke observed in himself regarding the passions and the body, in Section IV?

5. According to Burke, why is sweetness pleasing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Burke define deformity?

3. What, according to Burke, is the primary strength of poetry?

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

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

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

7. What two examples does Burke use to illustrate the sublimity of succession in visual objects? Upon which principles does Burke assert these two examples operate?

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

9. 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?

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

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