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

2. What does Scarry say is the first form of art replication?
(a) Vision.
(b) Touch.
(c) Image.
(d) Dreaming.

3. How does Scarry say she feels when she stops craving beauty?
(a) Betrayed.
(b) Comfortable.
(c) Afraid.
(d) Relieved.

4. What does Scarry say about things that were once ugly and then appear beautiful?
(a) They show long hidden truth.
(b) They can be pleasant surprises.
(c) They are revelatory moments.
(d) They are worse than beautiful things going ugly.

5. Where does Scarry say the desire for social good manifests itself?
(a) In communities.
(b) In the mind.
(c) As an object.
(d) On paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does beauty unseen improve?

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

3. What is a God impervious to according to Scarry?

4. What does Scarry say marked works created imperfectly?

5. What does Scarry say the metaphysical aspect of beauty validates?

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