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

2. What does Scarry say the general attitude about beauty indicates in society?
(a) The pliancy of consciousness.
(b) The worsening of morals.
(c) The strange directional challenges.
(d) The need for religion.

3. How many times was Odyessus saved by beauty?
(a) Twice.
(b) Three.
(c) Too many to count.
(d) Once.

4. How did Da Vinci create beauty?
(a) He painted.
(b) All of these.
(c) He was an inventor.
(d) He sketched.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Proust want to stay in front of forever?

2. What kind of limitation does Scarry say keeps most people from seeing beauty?

3. What does Scarry say we should stop doing to objects?

4. What does Scarry say beautiful does NOT always include?

5. What does Scarry say the metaphysical aspect of beauty validates?

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