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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why do people seek out beauty?
(a) They want to add it to the world.
(b) They want to become beautiful.
(c) They want to lighten their load.
(d) They want to see if it exists.

4. What term is defined with both beauty and justice?
(a) Eternity.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Fairness.
(d) Forgiveness.

5. What is the last kind of perception described in the book?
(a) Manipulated.
(b) Active.
(c) Passive.
(d) Involuntary.

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

7. Which of these is one of the mental actions Scarry says beauty inspires?
(a) Computing.
(b) Perceiving.
(c) Judging.
(d) Receiving.

8. What country did the contemporary writer tell about?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) Finaland.
(d) Greece.

9. What did Euripides describe in detail?
(a) Ships.
(b) Churches.
(c) Assembly halls.
(d) Huts.

10. What does beauty give us access to do?
(a) Seek better things.
(b) Be distracted from evil.
(c) Find love.
(d) Feel alive.

11. What is uneven in the world?
(a) All of these.
(b) Aesthetics.
(c) Education.
(d) Wealth.

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

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

14. In what field was beauty taboo when this book was written?
(a) Religion.
(b) All of these.
(c) Politics.
(d) Academics.

15. What baroque writer did Scarry quote to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?
(a) Socrates.
(b) None of these.
(c) Plato.
(d) Frieud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What contemporary writer did Scarry quote to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?

2. What does Scarry say confirms the life of gardens?

3. How many kinds of perception does Scarry talk about in this book?

4. What kind of pressure does beauty cause?

5. What started the demotion of beauty?

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