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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Andreas write about?
(a) Religion.
(b) Fraternity.
(c) Slavery.
(d) History.

2. What led to beauty being trapped in a particular realm?
(a) The poems written about it.
(b) Its demotion.
(c) People changing its ideas.
(d) The negative views about it.

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

4. What is most vulnerable when beauty is admired?
(a) The person admiring the beauty.
(b) The person who chooses not to admire others.
(c) The person being admired.
(d) The person who is overlooked.

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

6. What does an onlooker of beauty often wish?
(a) To stay there a little longer.
(b) To create something as beautiful.
(c) To trade places with the beautiful being.
(d) To enhance their own lives.

7. What comes from perfect justice?
(a) Perfect rendering.
(b) Perfect beauty.
(c) Perfect creation.
(d) Perfect equality.

8. What is the first kind of perception described by Scarry?
(a) Involuntary.
(b) Active.
(c) Passive.
(d) Voluntary.

9. How many phases does Scarry use to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

10. What is Scarry's hope for the next generation?
(a) They they understand her words.
(b) They appreciate beauty.
(c) They find true justice.
(d) They reinstate beauty into religion.

11. What complaints against beauty bother Scarry the most?
(a) Jealous complaints.
(b) Past complaints.
(c) Political complaints.
(d) Religious complaints.

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

13. What kind of pressure does beauty cause?
(a) Functional.
(b) Positive.
(c) Distributive.
(d) Emotional.

14. What is different about the searches for beauty than other searches?
(a) People don't ever find beauty.
(b) People are not distracted by beauty.
(c) People want to share beauty.
(d) People cannot build beauty.

15. What contemporary writer did Scarry quote to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?
(a) Ekete.
(b) Erete.
(c) Eshete.
(d) Efete.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about beauty did those wanting to banish it say was destructive?

2. Who says that beauty removes us from our bodies?

3. Who says that beauty decenters the viewer?

4. What does Scarry say about the notions of those who wanted to banish beauty?

5. What is the third phase used to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?

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