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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. Who disavows the virtues of beauty?
(a) Those who are afraid.
(b) Those who are selfish.
(c) Those who have no beauty.
(d) Those who hoard beauty.

2. 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.

3. Who wrote about Odysseus?
(a) Heracles.
(b) Homer.
(c) Plato.
(d) Sophocles.

4. Who wrote poems about mistakes in beauty?
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) Plato.
(c) Robert Frost.
(d) John Donne.

5. How does Scarry say education helps beauty?
(a) It stops people from settling for ugliness.
(b) It teaches other to be lovely.
(c) It brings out the inner beauty.
(d) It has continual creation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Scarry think beauty brings?

3. What kind of approach does Scarry say Marxism takes?

4. What kind of moment does Scarry say precedes most errors?

5. Why does Scarry think Matisse will reach more people than her?

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