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

2. Who painted "The Morning Session"?
(a) Picasso.
(b) Scarry.
(c) Matisse.
(d) Oscar Wilde.

3. What kind of approach does Scarry say feminism takes?
(a) Generational.
(b) Religious.
(c) Political.
(d) Theoretical.

4. What impulse does Scarry say beauty creates?
(a) The impulse to find beauty.
(b) The impulse to write.
(c) The impulse to improve one's self.
(d) The impulse to beget.

5. How does Scarry say she feels when she stops craving beauty?
(a) Comfortable.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Betrayed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What changed in Scarry's vision when she found beauty in a certain tree?

2. What does Scarry say Beauty's aim should be?

3. What kind of tree did Matisse love?

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

5. What does Scarry say is the first form of art replication?

(see the answer key)

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