On Beauty and Being Just Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Elaine Scarry
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 113 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

On Beauty and Being Just Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first kind of perception described by Scarry?
(a) Active.
(b) Passive.
(c) Voluntary.
(d) Involuntary.

2. What started the demotion of beauty?
(a) The introduction of the sublime.
(b) The fall of Rome.
(c) The change in power distribution.
(d) The printing of the Bible.

3. What was the profession of the friend of Scarry's who doubted her ideas?
(a) Writer.
(b) Politician.
(c) Professor.
(d) Philosopher.

4. What baroque writer did Scarry quote to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?
(a) Frieud.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Plato.
(d) None of these.

5. What symbolizes social justice for Scarry?
(a) The sky.
(b) The stars.
(c) The earth.
(d) The moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Scarry prove her ideas about beauty?

2. Whom did Odysseus visit?

3. What is different about the searches for beauty than other searches?

4. What led to Proust's desire to stay somewhere the rest of his life?

5. How did Scarry feel about Proust's idea of where the most beauty could be found?

(see the answer key)

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