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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. Where was beauty largely noticed in the 1990's?
(a) Patriotic ideals.
(b) Natural settings.
(c) The humanities.
(d) Politics.

2. What does Scarry say we should stop doing to objects?
(a) Judging them.
(b) Using them.
(c) Caring about them.
(d) Scorning them.

3. What does Scarry say about things that were once ugly and then appear beautiful?
(a) They are revelatory moments.
(b) They can be pleasant surprises.
(c) They show long hidden truth.
(d) They are worse than beautiful things going ugly.

4. How does Scarry say education helps beauty?
(a) It teaches other to be lovely.
(b) It brings out the inner beauty.
(c) It has continual creation.
(d) It stops people from settling for ugliness.

5. Where did Proust see the most beauty?
(a) In generalities.
(b) In ideas.
(c) In particulars.
(d) In landscapes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a motif?

2. Scarry says there is no end to ______________for beauty.

3. What kind of tree did Matisse always hate?

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

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

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