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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. Why does the author want to perpetuate beauty?
(a) To make the world better.
(b) To make life happier.
(c) To show she is write.
(d) All of these.

2. What does Scarry say brings about equality in society?
(a) Women being like men.
(b) Men being like women.
(c) Beauty veing recognized.
(d) Women speaking out.

3. Whom did Danto write to in his excerpt in this book?
(a) Brittany.
(b) Bonnie.
(c) Bethany.
(d) Beatrice.

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

5. 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 beauty in other trees.
(c) She saw patterns of the tree in other paintings.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarry say about things that once were beautiful but change?

2. Scarry says beauty ignites a desire for ____________.

3. What does Matisse blame for her preference in trees?

4. What is the title of the second section of this book?

5. How did Da Vinci create beauty?

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