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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. When does Scarry say beauty is not sacred?
(a) When it is mortal.
(b) When it is corrupted.
(c) When it is immortal.
(d) When it is used for evil.

2. How did Scarry feel about Plato's ideas about beauty?
(a) She hates them.
(b) She agreed with them.
(c) She is amused by them.
(d) She is confused by them.

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

4. How did Scarry feel about Proust's idea of where the most beauty could be found?
(a) She disagrees.
(b) She thinks it is a cowardly description.
(c) She agrees.
(d) She sees the merit, but thinks it is too bold.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of the second section of this book?

3. What does Scarry say we should stop doing to objects?

4. What does Scarry say about things that once were beautiful but change?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What impulses does Scarry say beauty causes?

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

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

4. What is "The Painter and His Model, Studio Interior" about?

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

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

7. What does Scarry say about the back and forth ideas about beauty?

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

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

10. Why did Plato say people had children?

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