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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 kind of limitation does Scarry say keeps most people from seeing beauty?
(a) Mental.
(b) Physical.
(c) Religious.
(d) Emotional.

2. What comes from perfect justice?
(a) Perfect equality.
(b) Perfect creation.
(c) Perfect beauty.
(d) Perfect rendering.

3. What did Andreas write about?
(a) Fraternity.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Religion.
(d) History.

4. What does Scarry say beautiful does NOT always include?
(a) The right.
(b) The truth.
(c) The brave.
(d) The future.

5. Which of these writers is NOT cited in the first half of this book?
(a) Homer.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Dickinson.
(d) Plato.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarry use a cube to prove?

2. Which of these 'nots' is NOT associated with beauty?

3. What part of life did the demotion of beauty affect the most?

4. Who wrote about Odysseus?

5. Scarry says beauty ignites a desire for ____________.

(see the answer key)

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