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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What started the demotion of beauty?
(a) The change in power distribution.
(b) The introduction of the sublime.
(c) The printing of the Bible.
(d) The fall of Rome.

2. What kind of potential does Scarry reaffirm when working in a garden?
(a) Personal potential.
(b) National potential.
(c) Human potential.
(d) Global potential.

3. Why does Scarry say most people seek for things?
(a) They want a purpose.
(b) They want to own it.
(c) They want to see if it exists.
(d) They want to distract themselves.

4. What was Iris Murdoch's occupation?
(a) Writer.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Motivational Speaker.
(d) Editor.

5. What is the third of the four examples used to disprove those who want to banish beauty?
(a) Gods.
(b) Poems.
(c) Persons.
(d) Gardens.

6. How many kinds of perception does Scarry talk about in this book?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

7. What part of life did the demotion of beauty affect the most?
(a) Religion.
(b) Education.
(c) Family life.
(d) Politics.

8. What about beauty did those wanting to banish it say was destructive?
(a) People's attention on it.
(b) All of these.
(c) People's striving for it.
(d) People's gaze on it.

9. Plato said the beauty of one could lead to ____________.
(a) The replication of beauty.
(b) The love between others.
(c) The creation of more.
(d) The care of all.

10. What is the second of the four examples used to disprove those who want to banish beauty?
(a) Persons.
(b) Gods.
(c) Gardens.
(d) Poems.

11. What is the fourth of the four examples used to disprove those who want to banish beauty?
(a) Gods.
(b) Persons.
(c) Poems.
(d) Gardens.

12. What is negative about the widespread definition of beauty?
(a) It is too detailed.
(b) It is not detailed enough.
(c) It is not given credit for its good.
(d) It is marked by what it cannot do.

13. How did Scarry's doubtful friend study her ideas about beauty?
(a) He compared it with his own works.
(b) He read it over the space of a year.
(c) He looked at both sides.
(d) He read them forwards and backwards.

14. Beauty was demoted from ______________.
(a) The natural man.
(b) The arts.
(c) The sublime.
(d) All of these.

15. What is the second phase used to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?
(a) Classic philosophers.
(b) Contemporary writers.
(c) Mid-Century writers.
(d) Baroque writers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarry say was removed from beauty with its demotion?

2. What does Scarry say a bad vase lends value to?

3. Why do people seek out beauty?

4. What does Scarry use a cube to prove?

5. What does Scarry say about the demotion of beauty?

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