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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. Which of these writers is NOT cited in the first half of this book?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Dickinson.
(c) Plato.
(d) Homer.

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 revelatory moments.
(d) They are worse than beautiful things going ugly.

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

4. Why does Scarry say a certain tree loses its beauty?
(a) It gets old.
(b) It has seasons.
(c) It symbolizes bad things.
(d) It doesn't belong everywhere.

5. What form did Scarry study most in Matisse's work?
(a) Catalogues.
(b) Prints.
(c) Originals.
(d) Glices.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was Voroccio important to Da Vinci?

3. Which one of these is one of the errors in beauty listed in this book?

4. What did Wittgenstein say marked true beauty?

5. What was Matisse's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What dos Scarry say is important about works without precedence?

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

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

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

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

7. Why did Scarry include her experience of seeing an owl in this book?

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

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

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

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