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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 validates the existence of some things?

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

3. Scarry says most beauty is what kind of event?

4. What struck Odysseus first about the person he visited?

5. When was "The Painter and His Model, Studio Interior" created?

Short Essay Questions

1. What dos Scarry say is important about works without precedence?

2. What does Scarry say about the back and forth ideas about beauty?

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

4. What does Emily Dickinson say about revelatory moments?

5. What theoretical approaches were majorly emphasized in the 1990's?

6. What genre does this book fit in and why?

7. Why does Scarry say some people do not defend beauty?

8. What shocked Scarry about seeing a real owl?

9. What does Scarry say errors in beauty really show us?

10. What kind of change in beauty is hardest for Scarry to deal with and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in this collection, and where does it appear? How was the tone altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

What was the main message of this book, and why were these particular quotes chosen to share this message?

Essay Topic 3

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

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