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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 kind of limitation does Scarry say keeps most people from seeing beauty?
(a) Physical.
(b) Mental.
(c) Religious.
(d) Emotional.

2. How does the poet who wrote about mistakes in beauty describe these mistakes?
(a) Unkind.
(b) Dishonest.
(c) Strange.
(d) Unpleasant.

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

4. How did Da Vinci create beauty?
(a) All of these.
(b) He was an inventor.
(c) He sketched.
(d) He painted.

5. What does Scarry say is our major limitation in seeing beauty?
(a) We have to start from the beginning.
(b) We are burdened with physical needs.
(c) We rely on our sight.
(d) We do not remember past lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarry say validates the existence of some things?

2. How did Scarry feel about Proust's idea of where the most beauty could be found?

3. What fear did Matisse write about?

4. What kind of tree did Matisse love?

5. Who wrote poems about mistakes in beauty?

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