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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 most beauty is what kind of event?
(a) Visual.
(b) Emotional.
(c) Religious.
(d) Physical.

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

3. What is a motif?
(a) A kind of poem.
(b) A repeated pattern.
(c) A theme.
(d) A way of expression.

4. What does Scarry say we should stop doing to objects?
(a) Scorning them.
(b) Judging them.
(c) Using them.
(d) Caring about them.

5. Where did Scarry find a motif?
(a) In art.
(b) In her taste.
(c) In music.
(d) In beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Matisse have the fear she did?

2. What does Scarry think beauty brings?

3. What kind of writing from Danto is cited in this book?

4. When was "The Morning Session" painted?

5. Whom did Odysseus visit?

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