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

2. How does Scarry feel about Matisse's ideas?
(a) She agrees with only parts of them.
(b) She disagrees.
(c) She is confused by them.
(d) She agrees with her.

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

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

5. What kind of tree did Matisse always hate?
(a) Oak.
(b) Maple.
(c) Sycamore.
(d) Palm.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Wittgenstein say marked true beauty?

3. What does Scarry say marked works created imperfectly?

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

5. How many times was Odyessus saved by beauty?

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