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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shocked Scarry about the bird in the tree?
(a) It was not how she thought it would be.
(b) It was scary.
(c) It was beautiful.
(d) It was larger than life.

2. Whom did Danto write to in his excerpt in this book?
(a) Bonnie.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Bethany.
(d) Brittany.

3. Why did Matisse have the fear she did?
(a) She watched ivy vines slowly kill a tree.
(b) She heard someone praise a shell she thought was ugly.
(c) She had ignored subtle beauties.
(d) She saw a rose die.

4. What is "The Painter and His Model, Studio Interior" about?
(a) The act of painting.
(b) The cause of art.
(c) The artist's lifestyle.
(d) The beauty of nature.

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

6. What does Scarry say is the general attitude toward beauty?
(a) It causes both harm and damage.
(b) It goes back and forth.
(c) It is productive.
(d) It is destructive.

7. What does Scarry say validates the existence of some things?
(a) Its affect on other things.
(b) Its reputation.
(c) Its place in history.
(d) Its beauty.

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

9. What fear did Matisse write about?
(a) She had missed other beauties in life.
(b) She would die and lose her beauty.
(c) She would never be beautiful.
(d) Others would never see her beauty.

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

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

12. What changed in Scarry's vision when she found beauty in a certain tree?
(a) She saw the symbolism in all living things.
(b) She saw beauty in other trees.
(c) All of these.
(d) She saw patterns of the tree in other paintings.

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

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

15. Scarry says beauty ignites a desire for ____________.
(a) Justice.
(b) Safety.
(c) All of these.
(d) The truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bird did Scarry see in a tree that shocked her?

2. What does Matisse say should increase beauty in strange things?

3. Where does Scarry look for beauty?

4. What does Scarry think brings about the most social good?

5. What kind of tree did Matisse love?

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