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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 Matisse's occupation?
(a) Actor.
(b) Professor.
(c) Painter.
(d) Poet.

2. Who wrote about Odysseus?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Homer.
(c) Heracles.
(d) Plato.

3. What does Scarry say is the general attitude toward beauty?
(a) It goes back and forth.
(b) It causes both harm and damage.
(c) It is productive.
(d) It is destructive.

4. What shocked Scarry about the bird in the tree?
(a) It was beautiful.
(b) It was larger than life.
(c) It was scary.
(d) It was not how she thought it would be.

5. What does Matisse blame for her preference in trees?
(a) Heart ache.
(b) Past experiences.
(c) Cultural differences.
(d) Things her father said.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fear did Matisse write about?

2. Whom did Danto write to in his excerpt in this book?

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

4. Where did Matisse do most of his work?

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

(see the answer key)

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