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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. Those who wanted to banish beauty wanted to keep beauty out of ___________.
(a) Main stream media.
(b) Political Campaigns.
(c) Religious Practices.
(d) Academic Conversations.

2. What is the normal distinction between beauty and deity?
(a) That which compels us and that which calms us.
(b) That which charms us and that which moves us.
(c) That which feels natural and that which feels foreign.
(d) That which motivates us and that which holds us back.

3. What did Andreas write about?
(a) Religion.
(b) History.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Fraternity.

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

5. What does Scarry like about the term with the dual meaning?
(a) It proves her point.
(b) It is always changing.
(c) It has symmetry.
(d) It leaves room for error.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does a bad vase give value to something else?

2. Who painted "The Morning Session"?

3. How many conclusions did Scarry have about Odysseus's visit?

4. How are the complaints lodged against beauty described?

5. What kind of approach does Scarry say Marxism takes?

(see the answer key)

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