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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. How many conclusions did Scarry have about Odysseus's visit?

2. Whom did Danto write to in his excerpt in this book?

3. What led to Proust's desire to stay somewhere the rest of his life?

4. Scarry says there is no end to ______________for beauty.

5. What is a motif?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Proust want to spend his life doing, and why?

2. What is the first error of beauty explained by Scarry?

3. What shocked Scarry about seeing a real owl?

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

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

6. What impulses does Scarry say beauty causes?

7. Why did Plato say people had children?

8. What did Wittgenstein say marked true beauty?

9. What part of Odysseus does Scarry include in this book, and why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Scarry say about beauty's effect on society? What are your feelings on this?

Essay Topic 2

How do beauty and justice connect, and what is the effect of this on society?

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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