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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 first kind of perception described by Scarry?
(a) Passive.
(b) Voluntary.
(c) Active.
(d) Involuntary.

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

3. Which of these is one of the mental actions Scarry says beauty inspires?
(a) Receiving.
(b) Computing.
(c) Perceiving.
(d) Judging.

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

5. What baroque writer did Scarry quote to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Frieud.
(c) None of these.
(d) Plato.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mid-century writer did Scarry quote to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?

2. Who was Wittgenstein?

3. What country did the contemporary writer tell about?

4. What does Scarry say about things that once were beautiful but change?

5. Why does Scarry say a certain tree loses its beauty?

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