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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Scarry feel about Plato's ideas about beauty?
(a) She is confused by them.
(b) She is amused by them.
(c) She agreed with them.
(d) She hates them.

2. Whom did Odysseus visit?
(a) Norad.
(b) Nice.
(c) Nausicaa.
(d) Niciria.

3. 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.

4. What did Proust want to stay in front of forever?
(a) A self portrait.
(b) The grave of his wife.
(c) An image of a girl serving milk.
(d) A mirror.

5. To what kind of craving does Scarry compare beauty?
(a) Water.
(b) Sex.
(c) Food.
(d) Shelter.

6. What is Scarry's third conclusion about Odysseus's visit?
(a) Beauty is life saving.
(b) Beauty cannot always last.
(c) Beauty can be evil.
(d) Beauty is new.

7. Where does Scarry look for beauty?
(a) Objects.
(b) All of these.
(c) Nature.
(d) People.

8. What kind of limitation does Scarry say keeps most people from seeing beauty?
(a) Mental.
(b) Emotional.
(c) Physical.
(d) Religious.

9. When does Scarry say beauty is not sacred?
(a) When it is mortal.
(b) When it is corrupted.
(c) When it is immortal.
(d) When it is used for evil.

10. What was Matisse's occupation?
(a) Painter.
(b) Professor.
(c) Poet.
(d) Actor.

11. Who wrote about Odysseus?
(a) Homer.
(b) Heracles.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Plato.

12. When did beauty in post colonialism make a huge entrance in studies?
(a) The 1980's.
(b) The 1990's.
(c) The 1960's.
(d) The 1970's.

13. What does Scarry say about things that once were beautiful but change?
(a) They show use ourselves.
(b) All of these.
(c) They are hard on the heart.
(d) They confuse the ideas of beauty.

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

15. How does Wittgenstein say Leonardo Da Vinci created pure beauty?
(a) He donated his profits.
(b) He created what he wanted.
(c) He copied others.
(d) He never sought for acclaim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarry say the general attitude about beauty indicates in society?

2. Scarry says beauty ignites a desire for ____________.

3. What does Scarry say we should stop doing to objects?

4. How does the poet who wrote about mistakes in beauty describe these mistakes?

5. What replaces the paint brush for part of The Morning Session?

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