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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through On Beauty and Being Fair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Da Vinci create beauty?
(a) He sketched.
(b) He painted.
(c) All of these.
(d) He was an inventor.

2. In what field was beauty taboo when this book was written?
(a) Religion.
(b) Politics.
(c) Academics.
(d) All of these.

3. Who says that beauty removes us from our bodies?
(a) Scarry.
(b) Sorrin.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Shakespeare.

4. What complaints against beauty bother Scarry the most?
(a) Jealous complaints.
(b) Past complaints.
(c) Religious complaints.
(d) Political complaints.

5. How did Scarry's doubtful friend study her ideas about beauty?
(a) He compared it with his own works.
(b) He looked at both sides.
(c) He read it over the space of a year.
(d) He read them forwards and backwards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Matisse's occupation?

2. Which of these 'nots' is NOT associated with beauty?

3. How does Scarry describe her explanations of beauty?

4. What does Scarry say has an immortal reach?

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

(see the answer key)

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