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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 does Scarry say brings about equality in society?
(a) Women speaking out.
(b) Women being like men.
(c) Beauty veing recognized.
(d) Men being like women.

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

3. What kind of approach does Scarry say Marxism takes?
(a) Theoretical.
(b) Generational.
(c) Political.
(d) Religious.

4. What impulse does Scarry say beauty creates?
(a) The impulse to improve one's self.
(b) The impulse to find beauty.
(c) The impulse to write.
(d) The impulse to beget.

5. How many times was Odyessus saved by beauty?
(a) Too many to count.
(b) Three.
(c) Once.
(d) Twice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Scarry's first conclusion about Odysseus's visit?

2. Where did Matisse do most of his work?

3. How did Da Vinci create beauty?

4. What does Scarry think beauty brings?

5. What does Scarry say Beauty's aim should be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Scarry say many philosophers have a hard time defining?

2. What did Wittgenstein say marked true beauty?

3. Why does Scarry defend beauty?

4. How did Leonardo Da Vinci create many of his important pieces?

5. What part of Odysseus does Scarry include in this book, and why?

6. What happened to the humanities in the 1990's?

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

8. Why does Scarry say some people do not defend beauty?

9. What kind of change in beauty is hardest for Scarry to deal with and why?

10. What is the first error of beauty explained by Scarry?

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