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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarry say the metaphysical aspect of beauty validates?

2. What does Scarry say is the general attitude toward beauty?

3. Who disavows the virtues of beauty?

4. What does Matisse say should increase beauty in strange things?

5. How many times was Odyessus saved by beauty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What revelations did Scarry have after reading about Odysseus?

2. What impulses does Scarry say beauty causes?

3. For what is Matisse known?

4. How does Scarry say that visual art is replicated?

5. What motif did Scarry notice in Matisse's work?

6. What realization came to Scarry by studying Matisse's works?

7. What happened to the humanities in the 1990's?

8. What does Scarry say made her love certain trees and hate others?

9. What did Wittgenstein say marked true beauty?

10. What is "The Painter and His Model, Studio Interior" about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do some people want to banish beauty in educational facilities, and what effect do you think this would have on those facilities?

Essay Topic 2

How did Scarry incorporate personification into this book, and what effect did this have on the tone of it?

Essay Topic 3

How did Scarry feel about nature, and why did this set her apart from most of the other people in society at the time?`

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