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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 the general attitude about beauty indicates in society?
(a) The pliancy of consciousness.
(b) The strange directional challenges.
(c) The need for religion.
(d) The worsening of morals.

2. How does Scarry prove her ideas about beauty?
(a) She interviews other leaders.
(b) She gives her own experiences.
(c) She quotes old philosophers.
(d) She cites studies.

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

4. What kind of moment does Scarry say follows most errors?
(a) A moment of decision.
(b) A moment of clarity.
(c) A moment of revelation.
(d) A moment of confusion.

5. What is Scarry's third conclusion about Odysseus's visit?
(a) Beauty is new.
(b) Beauty cannot always last.
(c) Beauty is life saving.
(d) Beauty can be evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarry say is the general attitude toward beauty?

2. What kind of approach does Scarry say Marxism takes?

3. Where was beauty largely noticed in the 1990's?

4. Where did Scarry find a motif?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Scarry say some people do not defend beauty?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What impulses does Scarry say beauty causes?

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

(see the answer keys)

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