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

2. What does Scarry say has an immortal reach?
(a) Memory.
(b) Music.
(c) Art.
(d) Anger.

3. Beauty was demoted from ______________.
(a) The natural man.
(b) The sublime.
(c) All of these.
(d) The arts.

4. What does beauty unseen improve?
(a) The mystery of the world.
(b) God's love.
(c) Our self interest.
(d) The possibilities of the next generation.

5. What does Scarry say is the first form of art replication?
(a) Image.
(b) Dreaming.
(c) Touch.
(d) Vision.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "The Painter and His Model, Studio Interior" about?

2. What does Scarry like about the term with the dual meaning?

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

4. What kind of limitation does Scarry say keeps most people from seeing beauty?

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

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