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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 NOT always found with beauty?
(a) Goodness.
(b) Love.
(c) Evil.
(d) Personality.

2. Where does Scarry say the desire for social good manifests itself?
(a) On paper.
(b) In communities.
(c) In the mind.
(d) As an object.

3. What does beauty urge people to do in a good way?
(a) Thrive.
(b) Create.
(c) Manipulate.
(d) Protect.

4. What does Scarry like about the term with the dual meaning?
(a) It leaves room for error.
(b) It has symmetry.
(c) It is always changing.
(d) It proves her point.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do people seek out beauty?

2. What baroque writer did Scarry quote to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?

3. What is every person seeking?

4. What does beauty unseen improve?

5. What is the normal distinction between beauty and deity?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Scarry end this book?

6. What does Scarry say about beauty leading to urges?

7. How do gods prove the usefulness of beauty?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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