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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 changed in Scarry's vision when she found beauty in a certain tree?
(a) She saw beauty in other trees.
(b) She saw the symbolism in all living things.
(c) She saw patterns of the tree in other paintings.
(d) All of these.

2. Who was Wittgenstein?
(a) A writer.
(b) A king.
(c) A politician.
(d) A philosopher.

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

4. Scarry says there is no end to ______________for beauty.
(a) The desire.
(b) The need.
(c) The place.
(d) All of these.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did beauty in post colonialism make a huge entrance in studies?

2. When was "The Morning Session" painted?

3. What does Scarry say about things that were once ugly and then appear beautiful?

4. Why was Voroccio important to Da Vinci?

5. What does Scarry say is the first form of art replication?

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