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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. How many kinds of perception does Scarry talk about in this book?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

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

3. What is Scarry's hope for the next generation?
(a) They appreciate beauty.
(b) They reinstate beauty into religion.
(c) They find true justice.
(d) They they understand her words.

4. Who says that beauty puts us in touch with our bodies?
(a) Sorrin.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Scarry.
(d) Sophocles.

5. What is uneven in the world?
(a) Aesthetics.
(b) All of these.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Matisse say her preference in trees kept her from doing?

2. What did Proust want to stay in front of forever?

3. How did Da Vinci create beauty?

4. Where did Scarry find a motif?

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

(see the answer key)

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