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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 specific plat type does Scarry refer to when talking about gardens?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Trees.
(c) Shrubs.
(d) Ferns.

2. What does an onlooker of beauty often wish?
(a) To enhance their own lives.
(b) To trade places with the beautiful being.
(c) To stay there a little longer.
(d) To create something as beautiful.

3. What is an important part of Scarry's ideal world?
(a) The sky.
(b) The weather.
(c) The clouds.
(d) The rain.

4. What does Scarry say about the demotion of beauty?
(a) It is plausible.
(b) It is dangerous.
(c) It is ineffective.
(d) It is incoherent.

5. What is the first kind of perception described by Scarry?
(a) Voluntary.
(b) Involuntary.
(c) Active.
(d) Passive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says that beauty puts us in touch with our bodies?

2. What concept did Edmund Burke write about?

3. What is the last kind of perception described in the book?

4. What mid-century writer did Scarry quote to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?

5. What complaints against beauty bother Scarry the most?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do some people feel beauty is not earned?

3. What does Scarry not like about the negative arguments against beauty?

4. How does Scarry feel about the political implications on beauty in her time?

5. What did critics of beauty in Scarry's time say about beauty?

6. What mental actions does Scarry write about, and what do they cause?

7. How do gods prove the usefulness of beauty?

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

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

10. What does Scarry say comes to a community before justice?

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