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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 Scarry say Beauty's aim should be?
(a) To improve society.
(b) To combat evil.
(c) To show truth.
(d) To tell the future.

2. Who painted "The Morning Session"?
(a) Scarry.
(b) Picasso.
(c) Matisse.
(d) Oscar Wilde.

3. What does Scarry say about things that were once ugly and then appear beautiful?
(a) They are worse than beautiful things going ugly.
(b) They can be pleasant surprises.
(c) They show long hidden truth.
(d) They are revelatory moments.

4. What does Scarry say is our major limitation in seeing beauty?
(a) We have to start from the beginning.
(b) We rely on our sight.
(c) We are burdened with physical needs.
(d) We do not remember past lives.

5. Which one of these is one of the errors in beauty listed in this book?
(a) The self indulgence of it.
(b) Attributes being unevenly noted.
(c) The variety of perspectives.
(d) All the abuse it causes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Danto write to in his excerpt in this book?

2. Where did Scarry find a motif?

3. What did Scarry say many philosophers had a hard time doing?

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

5. What kind of tree did Matisse love?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Wittgenstein say marked true beauty?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Emily Dickinson say about revelatory moments?

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

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

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