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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 Beauty's aim should be?
(a) To combat evil.
(b) To tell the future.
(c) To show truth.
(d) To improve society.

2. What did Wittgenstein say marked true beauty?
(a) Anonymity.
(b) Replication.
(c) Pride.
(d) Kindness.

3. Why can't poems be harmed?
(a) They are creations.
(b) They are eternal.
(c) They are inanimate.
(d) They are full of life.

4. What implications are investigated in the section on being fair?
(a) None of these.
(b) Religious implications.
(c) Moral implications.
(d) Legal implication.

5. What does Scarry say is our major limitation in seeing beauty?
(a) We rely on our sight.
(b) We are burdened with physical needs.
(c) We have to start from the beginning.
(d) We do not remember past lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What started the demotion of beauty?

2. How does a bad vase give value to something else?

3. What is the title of the second section of this book?

4. What shocked Scarry about the bird in the tree?

5. Where did Scarry find a motif?

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