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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 led to Proust's desire to stay somewhere the rest of his life?
(a) The need to be near beauty.
(b) The anger of not being beautiful.
(c) The effects of beauty on him.
(d) The pride of creating beauty.

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

3. How does Wittgenstein say Leonardo Da Vinci created pure beauty?
(a) He never sought for acclaim.
(b) He donated his profits.
(c) He copied others.
(d) He created what he wanted.

4. What does Scarry say marked works created imperfectly?
(a) The need for impulses.
(b) The desire to reach perfection.
(c) The desire to attempt creation.
(d) The need for beauty.

5. Who was Wittgenstein?
(a) A writer.
(b) A king.
(c) A philosopher.
(d) A politician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarry say has an immortal reach?

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

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

4. What is Scarry's second conclusion about Odysseus's visit?

5. How does Scarry prove her ideas about beauty?

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