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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 does Scarry say brings about equality in society?
(a) Beauty veing recognized.
(b) Women being like men.
(c) Men being like women.
(d) Women speaking out.

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

3. Who wanted to banish beauty in the 20th Century?
(a) Priests.
(b) Ugly people.
(c) Critics.
(d) Politicians.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Plato say really caused children?

2. What was Matisse's occupation?

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

4. What is Scarry's third conclusion about Odysseus's visit?

5. Where did Scarry first see beauty in a certain tree?

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