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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 is the last kind of perception described in the book?
(a) Involuntary.
(b) Active.
(c) Passive.
(d) Manipulated.

2. Who wrote poems about mistakes in beauty?
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) Robert Frost.
(c) John Donne.
(d) Plato.

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

4. What is a God impervious to according to Scarry?
(a) Death.
(b) Fear.
(c) Ugliness.
(d) Harm from humans.

5. What comes from perfect justice?
(a) Perfect beauty.
(b) Perfect creation.
(c) Perfect equality.
(d) Perfect rendering.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Voroccio important to Da Vinci?

2. What kind of writing from Danto is cited in this book?

3. Who says that beauty decenters the viewer?

4. What symbolizes social justice for Scarry?

5. Why do some people claim beauty is not earned?

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