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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. What object did Matisse write about?
(a) Roses.
(b) Palm fronds.
(c) Sea shells.
(d) Ivy vines.

2. What impulse does Scarry say beauty creates?
(a) The impulse to beget.
(b) The impulse to improve one's self.
(c) The impulse to write.
(d) The impulse to find beauty.

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

4. What does Matisse say should increase beauty in strange things?
(a) Agreeable opinions.
(b) Happy memories.
(c) Cultural differences.
(d) Love.

5. How does the poet who wrote about mistakes in beauty describe these mistakes?
(a) Dishonest.
(b) Unpleasant.
(c) Strange.
(d) Unkind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarry say marked works created imperfectly?

2. Who painted "The Morning Session"?

3. When does Scarry say beauty is not sacred?

4. What does Scarry say is our major limitation in seeing beauty?

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

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