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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of moment does Scarry say follows most errors?
(a) A moment of clarity.
(b) A moment of decision.
(c) A moment of revelation.
(d) A moment of confusion.

2. What does Scarry say about things that were once ugly and then appear beautiful?
(a) They can be pleasant surprises.
(b) They are revelatory moments.
(c) They show long hidden truth.
(d) They are worse than beautiful things going ugly.

3. What does Scarry say has an immortal reach?
(a) Music.
(b) Memory.
(c) Art.
(d) Anger.

4. What was Proust's occupation?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Writer.
(c) Philosopher.
(d) Preacher.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Plato say really caused children?

2. Why does the author want to perpetuate beauty?

3. What did Wittgenstein say marked true beauty?

4. What is a motif?

5. What fear did Matisse write about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What impulses does Scarry say beauty causes?

2. What does Scarry say about the metaphysical qualities of beauty?

3. What genre does this book fit in and why?

4. What theoretical approaches were majorly emphasized in the 1990's?

5. What shocked Scarry about seeing a real owl?

6. What does Scarry say happens when the desire for beauty fades?

7. What does Scarry say errors in beauty really show us?

8. For what is Matisse known?

9. Why did Plato say people had children?

10. What revelations did Scarry have after reading about Odysseus?

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