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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. Which one of these is one of the errors in beauty listed in this book?
(a) The variety of perspectives.
(b) Attributes being unevenly noted.
(c) The self indulgence of it.
(d) All the abuse it causes.

2. When does Scarry say beauty is not sacred?
(a) When it is immortal.
(b) When it is used for evil.
(c) When it is mortal.
(d) When it is corrupted.

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

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

5. Why do people seek out beauty?
(a) They want to add it to the world.
(b) They want to lighten their load.
(c) They want to become beautiful.
(d) They want to see if it exists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What implications are investigated in the section on being fair?

2. How does the poet who wrote about mistakes in beauty describe these mistakes?

3. What is the first phase used to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?

4. What does Scarry say was removed from beauty with its demotion?

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

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