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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through On Beauty and Being Wrong.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of error does Scarry say is not an error of beauty?
(a) Philosophical errors.
(b) Intellectual errors.
(c) Visual errors.
(d) Religious error.

2. Who disavows the virtues of beauty?
(a) Those who have no beauty.
(b) Those who hoard beauty.
(c) Those who are selfish.
(d) Those who are afraid.

3. What does Scarry say is our major limitation in seeing beauty?
(a) We are burdened with physical needs.
(b) We rely on our sight.
(c) We have to start from the beginning.
(d) We do not remember past lives.

4. What struck Odysseus first about the person he visited?
(a) Her beauty.
(b) Her strength.
(c) Her nudity.
(d) Her gentility.

5. What does Scarry say Beauty's aim should be?
(a) To tell the future.
(b) To show truth.
(c) To improve society.
(d) To combat evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of moment does Scarry say follows most errors?

2. Where did Scarry first see beauty in a certain tree?

3. What kind of approach does Scarry say feminism takes?

4. What does Matisse say should increase beauty in strange things?

5. What does Scarry say brings about equality in society?

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