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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is a motif?
(a) A theme.
(b) A repeated pattern.
(c) A way of expression.
(d) A kind of poem.

3. What does Matisse say her preference in trees kept her from doing?
(a) Believing others ideas.
(b) Living a full life.
(c) Accepting other cultures.
(d) Seeing beauty all around.

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

5. What kind of book is this?
(a) Historical.
(b) Self Help.
(c) Hypnotical.
(d) Philosophical.

6. Where did Matisse do most of his work?
(a) A bathroom.
(b) The studio.
(c) Rooftops.
(d) A stage.

7. What replaces the paint brush for part of The Morning Session?
(a) Ink pens.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Fingers.
(d) Palm fronds.

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

9. How does the poet who wrote about mistakes in beauty describe these mistakes?
(a) Unpleasant.
(b) Dishonest.
(c) Strange.
(d) Unkind.

10. What is the title of the second section of this book?
(a) "Beauty Prompts Some Inner Workings."
(b) "Beauty Prompts a Copy of Itself."
(c) "Beauty Prompts a Battle Within."
(d) "Beauty Prompts Praise of Itself."

11. What kind of approach does Scarry say feminism takes?
(a) Religious.
(b) Generational.
(c) Theoretical.
(d) Political.

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

13. What does Scarry say has an immortal reach?
(a) Memory.
(b) Art.
(c) Music.
(d) Anger.

14. What does Scarry say marked works created imperfectly?
(a) The desire to reach perfection.
(b) The need for beauty.
(c) The need for impulses.
(d) The desire to attempt creation.

15. When was "The Painter and His Model, Studio Interior" created?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1909.
(d) 1889.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many times was Odyessus saved by beauty?

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

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

5. What does Scarry say about things that were once ugly and then appear beautiful?

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