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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. Who says that beauty puts us in touch with our bodies?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Scarry.
(d) Sorrin.

2. Whom did Odysseus visit?
(a) Nausicaa.
(b) Nice.
(c) Norad.
(d) Niciria.

3. What is NOT always found with beauty?
(a) Personality.
(b) Evil.
(c) Love.
(d) Goodness.

4. What kind of pressure does beauty cause?
(a) Functional.
(b) Emotional.
(c) Distributive.
(d) Positive.

5. What did Scarry salute?
(a) Philosophers who loved religion.
(b) Continued existence.
(c) Countries centered around beauty.
(d) Beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What struck Odysseus first about the person he visited?

2. What does Scarry say is the general attitude toward beauty?

3. Who said that all things aspire to equality?

4. How does Wittgenstein say Leonardo Da Vinci created pure beauty?

5. Why does the author want to perpetuate beauty?

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