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

2. What does Scarry say is our major limitation in seeing beauty?
(a) We are burdened with physical needs.
(b) We have to start from the beginning.
(c) We do not remember past lives.
(d) We rely on our sight.

3. What is the third of the four examples used to disprove those who want to banish beauty?
(a) Poems.
(b) Gardens.
(c) Persons.
(d) Gods.

4. Who said that all things aspire to equality?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Augustine.
(c) Aristortle.
(d) Sophocles.

5. What kind of potential does Scarry reaffirm when working in a garden?
(a) Personal potential.
(b) Human potential.
(c) National potential.
(d) Global potential.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarry say is the general attitude toward beauty?

2. What does Scarry say about the demotion of beauty?

3. What does beauty unseen improve?

4. When was "The Morning Session" painted?

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

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