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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 did Euripides describe in detail?
(a) Assembly halls.
(b) Ships.
(c) Huts.
(d) Churches.

2. What kind of approach does Scarry say Marxism takes?
(a) Generational.
(b) Political.
(c) Religious.
(d) Theoretical.

3. What does an onlooker of beauty often wish?
(a) To stay there a little longer.
(b) To trade places with the beautiful being.
(c) To create something as beautiful.
(d) To enhance their own lives.

4. Which of these is one of the mental actions Scarry says beauty inspires?
(a) Perceiving.
(b) Judging.
(c) Computing.
(d) Receiving.

5. Why does the author want to perpetuate beauty?
(a) To make the world better.
(b) All of these.
(c) To show she is write.
(d) To make life happier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Matisse's occupation?

2. What complaints against beauty bother Scarry the most?

3. How many phases does Scarry use to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?

4. What is every person seeking?

5. What does beauty give us access to do?

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