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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 is the first form of art replication?
(a) Touch.
(b) Image.
(c) Dreaming.
(d) Vision.

2. What bird did Scarry see in a tree that shocked her?
(a) A mockingbird.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A crow.
(d) An owl.

3. 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.

4. What is the title of the second section of this book?
(a) "Beauty Prompts Some Inner Workings."
(b) "Beauty Prompts a Battle Within."
(c) "Beauty Prompts Praise of Itself."
(d) "Beauty Prompts a Copy of Itself."

5. What does Scarry think brings about the most social good?
(a) Justice.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Equality.
(d) Hard work.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What object did Matisse write about?

3. Why does Scarry say a certain tree loses its beauty?

4. What kind of error does Scarry say is not an error of beauty?

5. How did Scarry feel about Plato's ideas about beauty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What impulses does Scarry say beauty causes?

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

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

4. How did Leonardo Da Vinci create many of his important pieces?

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

6. What does Scarry say about the metaphysical qualities of beauty?

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

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

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

10. What does Emily Dickinson say about revelatory moments?

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