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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 the symbolism in all living things.
(b) She saw patterns of the tree in other paintings.
(c) All of these.
(d) She saw beauty in other trees.

2. How does Scarry prove her ideas about beauty?
(a) She interviews other leaders.
(b) She gives her own experiences.
(c) She cites studies.
(d) She quotes old philosophers.

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

4. Whom did Odysseus visit?
(a) Nice.
(b) Nausicaa.
(c) Norad.
(d) Niciria.

5. What replaces the paint brush for part of The Morning Session?
(a) Palm fronds.
(b) Fingers.
(c) Ink pens.
(d) Feathers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Scarry says beauty ignites a desire for ____________.

2. What kind of book is this?

3. What did Scarry say many philosophers had a hard time doing?

4. What kind of error does Scarry say is not an error of beauty?

5. Who wrote poems about mistakes in beauty?

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