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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through On Beauty and Being Wrong.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Proust's occupation?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Philosopher.
(c) Preacher.
(d) Writer.

2. What is a motif?
(a) A repeated pattern.
(b) A kind of poem.
(c) A way of expression.
(d) A theme.

3. What impulse does Scarry say beauty creates?
(a) The impulse to improve one's self.
(b) The impulse to find beauty.
(c) The impulse to write.
(d) The impulse to beget.

4. What kind of moment does Scarry say follows most errors?
(a) A moment of clarity.
(b) A moment of revelation.
(c) A moment of decision.
(d) A moment of confusion.

5. What kind of error does Scarry say is not an error of beauty?
(a) Religious error.
(b) Visual errors.
(c) Philosophical errors.
(d) Intellectual errors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of these is one of the errors in beauty listed in this book?

2. What did Plato say really caused children?

3. How many times was Odyessus saved by beauty?

4. What does Scarry say has an immortal reach?

5. Who painted "The Morning Session"?

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