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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 bird did Scarry see in a tree that shocked her?
(a) An owl.
(b) A crow.
(c) A mockingbird.
(d) An eagle.

2. What is a God impervious to according to Scarry?
(a) Fear.
(b) Harm from humans.
(c) Ugliness.
(d) Death.

3. What did Scarry say many philosophers had a hard time doing?
(a) Being happy.
(b) Defining beauty.
(c) Finding beauty.
(d) Being honest.

4. What do unharmed poems prove?
(a) Beauty is not bad.
(b) Beauty is not mortal.
(c) Beauty is not always the same.
(d) Beauty is not harmful.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says that beauty removes us from our bodies?

2. What is the third of the four examples used to disprove those who want to banish beauty?

3. What did Plato say really caused children?

4. How does Scarry feel about Matisse's ideas?

5. What is the third phase used to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?

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