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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What kind of error does Scarry say is not an error of beauty?
(a) Philosophical errors.
(b) Visual errors.
(c) Intellectual errors.
(d) Religious error.

4. 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.

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

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

7. Why does the author want to perpetuate beauty?
(a) To make life happier.
(b) To make the world better.
(c) All of these.
(d) To show she is write.

8. What form did Scarry study most in Matisse's work?
(a) Originals.
(b) Prints.
(c) Glices.
(d) Catalogues.

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

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

11. Why was Voroccio important to Da Vinci?
(a) He was a father figure to Da Vinci.
(b) He inspired Da Vinci.
(c) He had an affair with Da Vinci.
(d) He tutored under Da Vinci.

12. What does Scarry say is the first form of art replication?
(a) Vision.
(b) Touch.
(c) Image.
(d) Dreaming.

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

14. What does Scarry say the metaphysical aspect of beauty validates?
(a) Objectification.
(b) Objects.
(c) People.
(d) The arts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Scarry's second conclusion about Odysseus's visit?

2. What does Scarry say has an immortal reach?

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

4. Scarry says there is no end to ______________for beauty.

5. What did Plato say really caused children?

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