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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Scarry say about things that once were beautiful but change?
2. How did Scarry feel about Plato's ideas about beauty?
3. To what kind of craving does Scarry compare beauty?
4. What kind of tree did Matisse always hate?
5. When was "The Painter and His Model, Studio Interior" created?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is "The Painter and His Model, Studio Interior" about?
2. What kind of change in beauty is easier for Scarry to deal with and why?
3. What does Scarry say many philosophers have a hard time defining?
4. What kind of change in beauty is hardest for Scarry to deal with and why?
5. What does Emily Dickinson say about revelatory moments?
6. For what is Matisse known?
7. What does Scarry say about the back and forth ideas about beauty?
8. How did Leonardo Da Vinci create many of his important pieces?
9. What does Scarry say about the metaphysical qualities of beauty?
10. What happened to the humanities in the 1990's?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How did Scarry incorporate personification into this book, and what effect did this have on the tone of it?
Essay Topic 2
How did Scarry say she differed from most of the people she came in contact with, and what did this mean for her daily life?
Essay Topic 3
What role does symbolism play in this collection, and where does it appear? How was the tone altered by the presence of these symbols?
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