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

2. What changed in Scarry's vision when she found beauty in a certain tree?
(a) All of these.
(b) She saw the symbolism in all living things.
(c) She saw beauty in other trees.
(d) She saw patterns of the tree in other paintings.

3. What did Wittgenstein say marked true beauty?
(a) Anonymity.
(b) Replication.
(c) Pride.
(d) Kindness.

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

5. What kind of book is this?
(a) Philosophical.
(b) Historical.
(c) Self Help.
(d) Hypnotical.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "The Morning Session" painted?

2. What does Scarry say about things that were once ugly and then appear beautiful?

3. How does Scarry prove her ideas about beauty?

4. What does Scarry say the general attitude about beauty indicates in society?

5. How does Scarry say education helps beauty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Wittgenstein say marked true beauty?

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

3. What impulses does Scarry say beauty causes?

4. What realization came to Scarry by studying Matisse's works?

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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