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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. Which of these writers is NOT cited in the first half of this book?
(a) Homer.
(b) Plato.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Dickinson.

2. Where was beauty largely noticed in the 1990's?
(a) Politics.
(b) Natural settings.
(c) Patriotic ideals.
(d) The humanities.

3. What is Scarry's first conclusion about Odysseus's visit?
(a) Beauty is life saving.
(b) Beauty is new.
(c) Beauty is sacred if it is immortal.
(d) Beauty is sacred if it is mortal.

4. Where did Scarry first see beauty in a certain tree?
(a) A painting.
(b) A book.
(c) A vacation.
(d) A dream.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Scarry feel about Plato's ideas about beauty?

2. How does Scarry say she feels when she stops craving beauty?

3. What bird did Scarry see in a tree that shocked her?

4. What did Scarry say many philosophers had a hard time doing?

5. Who disavows the virtues of beauty?

(see the answer key)

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