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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. Who wrote about Odysseus?
(a) Plato.
(b) Heracles.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Homer.

2. How did Scarry feel about Plato's ideas about beauty?
(a) She hates them.
(b) She is confused by them.
(c) She agreed with them.
(d) She is amused by them.

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

4. Where does Scarry look for beauty?
(a) All of these.
(b) Nature.
(c) Objects.
(d) People.

5. What does Scarry say validates the existence of some things?
(a) Its affect on other things.
(b) Its place in history.
(c) Its beauty.
(d) Its reputation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "The Painter and His Model, Studio Interior" about?

2. Who wrote poems about mistakes in beauty?

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

4. What does Scarry say has an immortal reach?

5. What did Plato say really caused children?

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