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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. Where did Scarry first see beauty in a certain tree?
(a) A dream.
(b) A painting.
(c) A vacation.
(d) A book.

2. How does Scarry say education helps beauty?
(a) It brings out the inner beauty.
(b) It teaches other to be lovely.
(c) It has continual creation.
(d) It stops people from settling for ugliness.

3. What is most vulnerable when beauty is admired?
(a) The person who is overlooked.
(b) The person admiring the beauty.
(c) The person being admired.
(d) The person who chooses not to admire others.

4. How does a bad vase give value to something else?
(a) It lowers the standards.
(b) It doesn't detract from beauty.
(c) It provides opposition.
(d) It allows the maker practice.

5. What does Matisse say her preference in trees kept her from doing?
(a) Believing others ideas.
(b) Seeing beauty all around.
(c) Accepting other cultures.
(d) Living a full life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of potential does Scarry reaffirm when working in a garden?

3. Beauty was demoted from ______________.

4. What changed in Scarry's vision when she found beauty in a certain tree?

5. Why does the author want to perpetuate beauty?

(see the answer key)

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