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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 does Scarry say about things that once were beautiful but change?
(a) They are hard on the heart.
(b) They show use ourselves.
(c) They confuse the ideas of beauty.
(d) All of these.

2. Scarry says beauty ignites a desire for ____________.
(a) Justice.
(b) All of these.
(c) Safety.
(d) The truth.

3. What does Scarry say marked works created imperfectly?
(a) The desire to reach perfection.
(b) The need for impulses.
(c) The desire to attempt creation.
(d) The need for beauty.

4. What did Proust want to stay in front of forever?
(a) A mirror.
(b) A self portrait.
(c) An image of a girl serving milk.
(d) The grave of his wife.

5. What is the title of the second section of this book?
(a) "Beauty Prompts Some Inner Workings."
(b) "Beauty Prompts Praise of Itself."
(c) "Beauty Prompts a Copy of Itself."
(d) "Beauty Prompts a Battle Within."

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Scarry prove her ideas about beauty?

2. Where did Matisse do most of his work?

3. Who painted "The Morning Session"?

4. What form did Scarry study most in Matisse's work?

5. What impulse does Scarry say beauty creates?

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