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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 Matisse blame for her preference in trees?
(a) Cultural differences.
(b) Past experiences.
(c) Heart ache.
(d) Things her father said.

2. Whom did Danto write to in his excerpt in this book?
(a) Brittany.
(b) Bethany.
(c) Bonnie.
(d) Beatrice.

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

4. Where was beauty largely noticed in the 1990's?
(a) The humanities.
(b) Natural settings.
(c) Patriotic ideals.
(d) Politics.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who disavows the virtues of beauty?

2. How does Scarry feel about Matisse's ideas?

3. Why was Voroccio important to Da Vinci?

4. How does Wittgenstein say Leonardo Da Vinci created pure beauty?

5. What was Proust's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Scarry defend beauty?

7. How does Scarry say that visual art is replicated?

8. What did Wittgenstein say marked true beauty?

9. What did Proust want to spend his life doing, and why?

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

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