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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) Trees.
(b) Shrubs.
(c) Ferns.
(d) Flowers.

2. What does Scarry use a cube to prove?
(a) Opposing sides making a whole.
(b) One idea havign six faces.
(c) Symmetry with exclusion.
(d) Being well rounded.

3. Which of these is one of the mental actions Scarry says beauty inspires?
(a) Motivating.
(b) Halting.
(c) Educating.
(d) Creating.

4. What is a God impervious to according to Scarry?
(a) Ugliness.
(b) Death.
(c) Harm from humans.
(d) Fear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Those who wanted to banish beauty wanted to keep beauty out of ___________.

2. What is the first phase used to illustrate the link between beauty and justice?

3. Who said that all things aspire to equality?

4. Which of these terms has a dual meaning?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What about beauty did Scarry's critics say was destructive?

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

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

5. How do gods prove the usefulness of beauty?

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

7. What did Augustine say all people sought after?

8. What does Scarry say about critics of beauty?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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