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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 does Scarry say about things that were once ugly and then appear beautiful?
(a) They are worse than beautiful things going ugly.
(b) They show long hidden truth.
(c) They can be pleasant surprises.
(d) They are revelatory moments.

2. Beauty is compacted with ______________.
(a) Quality.
(b) Equality.
(c) Tension.
(d) Justice.

3. What is Scarry's third conclusion about Odysseus's visit?
(a) Beauty is life saving.
(b) Beauty can be evil.
(c) Beauty cannot always last.
(d) Beauty is new.

4. What is every person seeking?
(a) Love.
(b) All of these.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Belonging.

5. Which of these terms has a dual meaning?
(a) Pain.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Fairness.
(d) Mercy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Scarry say most people seek for things?

2. What is the normal distinction between beauty and deity?

3. What struck Odysseus first about the person he visited?

4. How did Scarry feel about Proust's idea of where the most beauty could be found?

5. Where was beauty largely noticed in the 1990's?

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