Section A - Multiple Choice (40 marks, 1 mark each)

Plato regarded which senses as “lower” because they relate to bodily appetite?

• Sight and hearing

• Taste and touch

• Smell and sight

• Hearing and taste

Philosophies of Taste Aristotle believed pleasure could be:

• Purely intellectual

• Virtuous if moderate

• Corruptive always

• Denied for wisdom

Kant’s idea of “disinterested pleasure” means:

• We judge beauty without personal gain

• We seek usefulness

• We obey emotion

• We measure utility

According to Hume, standards of taste are formed by:

• Universal reason

• Cultural training and refined judgment

• Instinct

• Mathematical logic

Dewey’s concept of aesthetic experience links art and life through:

• Routine

• Isolation

• Interaction and continuity

• Detachment

The tongue detects basic tastes, but flavour is mostly perceived through:

• Smell

• Touch

• Colour

• Temperature

The term retronasal olfaction refers to:

• Air flow through the nose while breathing

• Smell perceived from the mouth during eating

• Taste bud activation

• Sound influence on taste

Which taste is linked to glutamate and savory depth?

• Sweet

• Umami

• Sour

• Bitter

Temperature affects taste because:

• Cold food numbs receptors

• It changes molecule volatility

• It affects memory

• Colour shifts perception

Flavour memory is primarily processed in the brain's:

• Amygdala and hippocampus

• Cerebellum

• Frontal cortex only

• Optic nerve