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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. How did Scarry feel about Plato's ideas about beauty?
(a) She is amused by them.
(b) She agreed with them.
(c) She hates them.
(d) She is confused by them.

2. What kind of moment does Scarry say follows most errors?
(a) A moment of confusion.
(b) A moment of revelation.
(c) A moment of decision.
(d) A moment of clarity.

3. Why does Scarry think Matisse will reach more people than her?
(a) He was an artist.
(b) He held grudges.
(c) He was famous.
(d) He had children.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these writers is NOT cited in the first half of this book?

2. Why does Scarry say a certain tree loses its beauty?

3. Who was Wittgenstein?

4. Who disavows the virtues of beauty?

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

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