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

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

3. What was Proust's occupation?
(a) Writer.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Philosopher.

4. Why did Matisse have the fear she did?
(a) She watched ivy vines slowly kill a tree.
(b) She saw a rose die.
(c) She had ignored subtle beauties.
(d) She heard someone praise a shell she thought was ugly.

5. What did Plato say really caused children?
(a) The banal need for beauty.
(b) The act of beauty replicating itself.
(c) The desire of men to see themselves.
(d) The repercussions of pride.

Short Answer Questions

1. What form did Scarry study most in Matisse's work?

2. What did Proust want to stay in front of forever?

3. What changed in Scarry's vision when she found beauty in a certain tree?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. For what is Matisse known?

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

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

10. Why did Plato say people had children?

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