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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 is a motif?

2. Which of these writers is NOT cited in the first half of this book?

3. What kind of writing from Danto is cited in this book?

4. Where does Scarry look for beauty?

5. Who painted "The Morning Session"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What impulses does Scarry say beauty causes?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Scarry say happens when the desire for beauty fades?

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

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

10. What does Scarry say many philosophers have a hard time defining?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the beautiful and the sublime separated according to Scarry?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What were some of the analogies Scarry used when teaching about beauty, and how did they affect the audiences who heard them?

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