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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 about things that once were beautiful but change?
(a) They confuse the ideas of beauty.
(b) All of these.
(c) They are hard on the heart.
(d) They show use ourselves.

2. Scarry says beauty ignites a desire for ____________.
(a) Justice.
(b) The truth.
(c) All of these.
(d) Safety.

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

4. What does Scarry say is the general attitude toward beauty?
(a) It goes back and forth.
(b) It causes both harm and damage.
(c) It is destructive.
(d) It is productive.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of approach does Scarry say feminism takes?

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

4. What does Scarry say is our major limitation in seeing beauty?

5. What shocked Scarry about the bird in the tree?

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