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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why can't poems be harmed?
(a) They are eternal.
(b) They are full of life.
(c) They are creations.
(d) They are inanimate.

3. What realm does beauty live in now according to Scarry?
(a) The Imaginative.
(b) The Dream.
(c) The Real.
(d) The Literary.

4. What does the vulnerable person who admires beauty risk?
(a) Becoming attached.
(b) Giving up secrets.
(c) Being rejected.
(d) Having no privacy.

5. What kind of life does Scarry want to make beautiful?
(a) Spiritual life.
(b) Exterior life.
(c) Interior life.
(d) Existential life.

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

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

8. What does Scarry say about the demotion of beauty?
(a) It is incoherent.
(b) It is plausible.
(c) It is ineffective.
(d) It is dangerous.

9. How does a bad vase give value to something else?
(a) It allows the maker practice.
(b) It lowers the standards.
(c) It doesn't detract from beauty.
(d) It provides opposition.

10. What does Scarry say a bad vase lends value to?
(a) Good vases.
(b) Other works of the maker.
(c) The maker of the vase.
(d) The flowers in the vase.

11. What classic philosopher did Scarry quote to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?
(a) Augustine.
(b) Aurelius.
(c) Aristophanes.
(d) Ariadne.

12. Who introduced the concept that led to the demotion of beauty?
(a) Cisero.
(b) Lund.
(c) Paul.
(d) Kant.

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

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

15. What did those who wanted to banish beauty think was wrong with it?
(a) It was destructive.
(b) It was distracting.
(c) It was unfairly distributed.
(d) It was useless.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is every person seeking?

2. What was the profession of the friend of Scarry's who doubted her ideas?

3. What is a God impervious to according to Scarry?

4. What is the first kind of perception described by Scarry?

5. What mid-century writer did Scarry quote to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?

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