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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 is every person seeking?
(a) All of these.
(b) Belonging.
(c) Love.
(d) Beauty.

2. What term is defined with both beauty and justice?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) Eternity.
(c) Fairness.
(d) Mercy.

3. What kind of pressure does beauty cause?
(a) Functional.
(b) Emotional.
(c) Positive.
(d) Distributive.

4. What does Scarry try to include in her writing?
(a) Emphasis.
(b) Religion.
(c) Doctrine.
(d) Philosophy.

5. What is the first phase used to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?
(a) Mid-Century writers.
(b) Classic philosophers.
(c) Baroque writers.
(d) Contemporary writers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about beauty did those wanting to banish it say was destructive?

2. What does beauty urge people to do in a good way?

3. What is the final phase used to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?

4. Plato said the beauty of one could lead to ____________.

5. Which of these is one of the mental actions Scarry says beauty inspires?

Short Essay Questions

1. What feeling do most people achieve when they seek beauty?

2. What does Scarry use as her examples against those who said beauty was bad?

3. What is the double meaning of fairness?

4. What did Plato say about the beauty of one?

5. What does Scarry say is different about people searching for beauty?

6. What does Scarry say can never be harmful to humans, and why?

7. How do gods prove the usefulness of beauty?

8. What did Anrdreas Eshete write about?

9. What did Edmund Burke do to start the demotion of beauty?

10. What does Scarry say most people want when they search for things?

(see the answer keys)

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