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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 fear did Matisse write about?
(a) She would never be beautiful.
(b) She would die and lose her beauty.
(c) She had missed other beauties in life.
(d) Others would never see her beauty.

2. What was Proust's occupation?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Philosopher.
(d) Writer.

3. What kind of error does Scarry say is not an error of beauty?
(a) Philosophical errors.
(b) Visual errors.
(c) Intellectual errors.
(d) Religious error.

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

5. What does Scarry say beautiful does NOT always include?
(a) The future.
(b) The truth.
(c) The brave.
(d) The right.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a motif?

2. What kind of book is this?

3. What object did Matisse write about?

4. What does Matisse say should increase beauty in strange things?

5. What does Scarry think brings about the most social good?

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