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

2. How many conclusions did Scarry have about Odysseus's visit?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

3. What kind of argument was used when Scarry described what beauty could not do?
(a) Positive argument.
(b) Negative argument.
(c) Elemental argument.
(d) Persuasive argument.

4. What concept did Edmund Burke write about?
(a) The Utopia.
(b) The caste system.
(c) The sublime.
(d) The equality.

5. What does Scarry say we should stop doing to objects?
(a) Using them.
(b) Scorning them.
(c) Judging them.
(d) Caring about them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Scarry says most beauty is what kind of event?

2. What does Scarry say was removed from beauty with its demotion?

3. When was "The Painter and His Model, Studio Interior" created?

4. What is the fourth of the four examples used to disprove those who want to banish beauty?

5. Whom did Danto write to in his excerpt in this book?

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