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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 did Proust want to stay in front of forever?
(a) An image of a girl serving milk.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A self portrait.
(d) The grave of his wife.
2. How many conclusions did Scarry have about Odysseus's visit?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.
3. What does Scarry say we should stop doing to objects?
(a) Scorning them.
(b) Using them.
(c) Caring about them.
(d) Judging them.
4. Who wrote about Odysseus?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Heracles.
(c) Homer.
(d) Plato.
5. Why does Scarry think Matisse will reach more people than her?
(a) He had children.
(b) He held grudges.
(c) He was famous.
(d) He was an artist.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Plato say really caused children?
2. What form did Scarry study most in Matisse's work?
3. What does Scarry say about things that were once ugly and then appear beautiful?
4. How does the poet who wrote about mistakes in beauty describe these mistakes?
5. What impulse does Scarry say beauty creates?
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