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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 kind of argument was used when Scarry described what beauty could not do?
(a) Positive argument.
(b) Elemental argument.
(c) Persuasive argument.
(d) Negative argument.

2. Which of these 'nots' is NOT associated with beauty?
(a) Not righteous.
(b) Not night.
(c) Not harmful.
(d) Not male.

3. What does Scarry say about the notions of those who wanted to banish beauty?
(a) They are half truths.
(b) They are unfounded.
(c) They are showing their weaknesses.
(d) They are contradictory.

4. Who says that beauty puts us in touch with our bodies?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Scarry.
(c) Sorrin.
(d) Shakespeare.

5. Who wanted to banish beauty in the 20th Century?
(a) Priests.
(b) Critics.
(c) Ugly people.
(d) Politicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT always found with beauty?

2. Why do people seek out beauty?

3. What part of life did the demotion of beauty affect the most?

4. Beauty was demoted from ______________.

5. How are the complaints lodged against beauty described?

Short Essay Questions

1. With what does the search for beauty make a compact?

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

3. How does Scarry end this book?

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

5. What does Scarry always include in her writing and why?

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

7. What did Rilke salute with his words on beauty and justice?

8. What are the two perceptions of beauty Scarry talks about, and how do they differ?

9. What does Scarry say about the bad vase?

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

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