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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 was Matisse's occupation?
(a) Poet.
(b) Professor.
(c) Painter.
(d) Actor.

2. How does the poet who wrote about mistakes in beauty describe these mistakes?
(a) Unkind.
(b) Unpleasant.
(c) Strange.
(d) Dishonest.

3. What changed in Scarry's vision when she found beauty in a certain tree?
(a) She saw patterns of the tree in other paintings.
(b) All of these.
(c) She saw the symbolism in all living things.
(d) She saw beauty in other trees.

4. What does Matisse say her preference in trees kept her from doing?
(a) Living a full life.
(b) Seeing beauty all around.
(c) Accepting other cultures.
(d) Believing others ideas.

5. Scarry says most beauty is what kind of event?
(a) Physical.
(b) Emotional.
(c) Visual.
(d) Religious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bird did Scarry see in a tree that shocked her?

2. Scarry says there is no end to ______________for beauty.

3. What replaces the paint brush for part of The Morning Session?

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

5. What kind of book is this?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Emily Dickinson say about revelatory moments?

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

4. What shocked Scarry about seeing a real owl?

5. Why does Scarry defend beauty?

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

7. What does Scarry say made her love certain trees and hate others?

8. What impulses does Scarry say beauty causes?

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

10. What motif did Scarry notice in Matisse's work?

(see the answer keys)

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